Alternating current supplied electrically conductive method and system for treatment of blood and/or other body fluids and/or synthetic fluids with electric forces
US5188738A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 16, 1990 |
| Grant date | Feb 23, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 16, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2205/054
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A new alternating current process and system for treatment of blood and/or other body fluids and/or synthetic fluids from a donor to a recipient or storage receptacle or in a recycling system using novel electrically conductive treatment vessels for treating blood and/or other body fluids and/or synthetic fluids with electric field forces of appropriate electric field strength to provide electric current flow through the blood or other body fluids at a magnitude that is biologically compatible but is sufficient to render the bacteria, virus, parasites and/or fungus ineffective to infect or affect normally healthy cells while maintaining the biological usefulness of the blood or other fluids. For this purpose low voltage alternating current electric potentials are applied to the treatment vessel which are of the order of from about 0.2 to 12 volts and produce current flow densities in the blood or other fluids of from one microampere per square millimeter of electrode area exposed to the fluid being treated to about two milliamperes per square millimeter.
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