摘要:
The invention relates to a regeneratable filtering and adsorbing system, combining the properties of membrane filtration with those of particle-based adsorption in a closed housing.
摘要:
An extracorporeal filtration and detoxification system and method generally comprise separating ultrafiltrate from cellular components of blood, treating the ultrafiltrate independently of the cellular components in a recirculation circuit, recombining treated ultrafiltrate and the cellular components, and returning whole blood to the patient. A recirculation circuit generally comprises an active cartridge including active cells operative to effectuate a selected treatment; in some embodiments, the active cells are the C3A cell line.
摘要:
A disposable cultureware (i.e., bioreactor support module (11) and tube set (12)) assembly (10) for use with a bioartificial liver employing a hollow fiber bioreactor (24 and 26) having an extracapillary flow path connected to both a culture (media) circuit (14) and a hemoperfusion (blood) circuit (16). The assembly (10) includes a gas exchange cartridge (20) operably connected to both the culture (14) and hemoperfusion (16) circuits for controllably gassing the media and blood prior to delivery to the bioreactor (24 and 26). The use of a single gas exchange cartridge (20) within both the media (14) and blood (16) circuits provides advantages in terms of both function and performance as compared to alternative approaches.
摘要:
Methods and apparatuses for salvaging blood from a patient are disclosed. A blood salvaging circuit (140) coupled to a cardiopulmonary bypass circuit (144) includes a hemoconcentrator (152) and a sorbent-containing plasma separator. A combination device (142) for salvaging blood includes a closed plasma chamber (172) containing a plasma chamber solution (176), a hollow fiber plasma-separating membrane (156) for receiving blood and permitting plasma to be transported therethrough into the plasma chamber solution (176) and for refiltering the treated plasma back into the blood salvaging circuit (140), a selective sorbent (180) for contacting the selected solute in the plasma and binding the selected solute and an ultrafiltration membrane (184) for removing water, fluids and low molecular weight components from the plasma.
摘要:
A disposable cultureware (i.e., bioreactor support module (11) and tube set (12)) assembly (10) for use with a bioartificial liver employing a hollow fiber bioreactor (24 and 26) having an extracapillary flow path connected to both a culture (media) circuit (14) and a hemoperfusion (blood) circuit (16). The assembly (10) includes a gas exchange cartridge (20) operably connected to both the culture (14) and hemoperfusion (16) circuits for controllably gassing the media and blood prior to delivery to the bioreactor (24 and 26). The use of a single gas exchange cartridge (20) within both the media (14) and blood (16) circuits provides advantages in terms of both function and performance as compared to alternative approaches.
摘要:
A device which serves as an artificial pancreas comprises a hollow fiber (12) which is surrounded by islets of Langerhans (14) enclosed in a housing (22). The islets are suspended in a semi-gel matrix (25) or supporting material that is sufficiently viscous to physically support and maintain location of the islets about the hollow fiber, but sufficiently fluid to enable removal of the islet suspension from the device, followed by reseeding or replacement with fresh islet suspension. The matrix in which the islets are suspended preferably comprises calcium sodium alginate. The semi-gel supporting material also enables long term maintenance of islet cells in in vitro culture.
摘要:
A system and method of achieving both convective and diffusive transport of plasma across a membrane (30) accompanied by the selective removal of plasma components using sorbents (33) followed by reinfusion of the purified plasma in a blood circulation system is achieved by pumping blood through a filter (30) comprising a bundle of ''U'' shaped hollow fibers immersed in a closed plasma chamber (31) containing sorbents (33) in a plasma chamber solution (32). As blood flows through the entry arm (32), due to positive transmembrane pressure difference, plasma filtration into the plasma chamber (31) occurs. However, the transmembrane pressure difference is negative when blood flows out of the exit arm (39) of filter (30) and the direction of filtration reverses causing reverse filtration/reinfusion of plasma from the chamber (31) into the blood in the exit arm (39).