Oxygen depletion devices and methods for removing oxygen from red blood cells

US8569052B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• New Health Sciences, Inc. · US
• University of Pittsburgh—Of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education · US

Inventors

• William J. Federspiel · Pittsburgh, US
• Brian Joseph Frankowski · Imperial, US
• Tatsuro Yoshida · Newton, US
• Paul Vernucci · Billerica, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 25, 2011
• Grant date: Oct 29, 2013
• Expiry date: May 25, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M2202/0429
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An oxygen depletion device. The device has a cartridge; a plurality of hollow fibers extending within the cartridge from an entrance to an exit thereof; an amount of an oxygen scavenger packed within the cartridge and contiguous to and in between the plurality of hollow fibers. The hollow fibers are adapted to receiving and conveying red blood cells. There is another embodiment of an oxygen depletion device and method for removing oxygen from red blood cells.