Device for removing toxins from blood or plasma
US6423024B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 8, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jul 23, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 8, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/3192
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A device for removing toxins from blood or plasma comprising a cartridge containing a polymeric resin having a coating thereon which renders the resin blood compatible. The resin comprises divinylbenzene monomer which has a porosity, pore size, and surface area suitable for absorption of unhealthy components of blood, such as &bgr;-2-microglobulin.
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