Hollow fiber contactor systems for removal of lipids from fluids
US6991727B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 16, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jan 31, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 7, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01D63/046
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
This invention is directed to systems and methods for removing lipids from a fluid, such as plasma, or from lipid-containing organisms. These systems contact a fluid with an extraction solvent, which causes the lipids in the fluid to separate from the fluid or causes lipids in the lipid-containing organisms to separate from the lipid-containing organism, using at least one hollow fiber contactor. The separated lipids are removed from the fluid. The extraction solvent is removed from the fluid or at least reduced to a level below a particular threshold enabling the fluid to be administered to a patient without the patient experiencing undesirable consequences. Once the fluid has been processed, the fluid may be administered to a patient who donated the fluid, to a different patient, or be stored.
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