In vivo therapeutic apheresis using lipid vesicles
US4540401A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 22, 1983 |
| Grant date | Sep 10, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 22, 2003 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2202/0456
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Disclosure is made of a means and method for removing immunologically reactive compounds from the blood of living mammals. The method of the invention comprises reacting the compound with an immunological homolog of the compound, bound to the surface of a lipid vesicle and thereafter separating the resulting complex from the blood plasma of the mammal.
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