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Cellulose acetate hemodialysis membrane

US5624561A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 26, 1994
Grant dateApr 29, 1997
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Expiry dateJul 26, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D69/08
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A cellulose acetate membrane composed of a mixture comprising a cellulose triacetate and a cellulose diacetate and having an improved heat stability, which does not substantially show a melting peak of cellulose diacetate but substantially shows a melting peak of cellulose triacetate, in a differential thermal analysis. By mixing a cellulose triacetate and a cellulose diacetate at an appropriate ratio, crystallization or orientational crystallization of each component due to a high pressure steam sterilization can be avoided and a cellulose acetate membrane with improved water permeability and sieving coefficient of myoglobin after a high pressure steam sterilization can be obtained.

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