Process for separating HIV from a fluid

US6242239A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Aventis Behring GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Albrecht Groner · Seeheim-Jugenheim, DE
• Jürgen Römisch · Marburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 21, 1999
• Grant date: Jun 5, 2001
• Expiry date: Jun 21, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N2740/16051
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A process for separating HIV from a fluid is described, in which the HIV is bound to a C1 esterase inhibitor immobilized on a support material. The process can be carried out both for the preparation of HIV-free blood donations and therapeutically for the reduction of the virus load in the blood by means of a blood lavage under the conditions of an extracorporeal blood circulation. The C1 esterase inhibitor can be bonded to a support material which is customary in affinity chromatography or to the fibers of a filter.