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Valve apparatus for photoactivation patient treatment system

US4596547A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 29, 1984
Grant dateJun 24, 1986
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Expiry dateOct 29, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M39/28
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Manually overridable servo controlled valve mechanisms for controlling the flow of fluids through a flexible tube for use in a photoactivatable reagent treatment system wherein photoactivatable reagents, in contact with patient blood cells, are irradiated extracorporeally and then returned to the patient.

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