摘要:
An electro-regenerating type apparatus for producing deionized water, which comprises an electrodialyzer having cation exchange membranes and anion exchange membranes alternately arranged between an anode compartment provided with an anode and a cathode compartment provided with a cathode, demineralizing compartments compartmentalized with the anion exchange membranes on the anode side and compartmentalized with the cation exchange membranes on the cathode side, and concentrating compartments compartmentalized with the cation exchange membranes on the anode side and compartmentalized with the anion exchange membranes on the cathode side, the electrodialyzer having ion exchangers accommodated in the demineralizing compartments, wherein a porous anion exchanger layer having a porosity of from 20 to 95%, a maximum pore size of from 0.01 to 500 nullm and a thickness of at least five times the maximum pore size and from 10 nullm to 10 mm, is provided on the anode side of each anion exchange membrane.
摘要:
A process for the purification or fractionation of aqueous soluble polymers using an aqueous two-phase system is described. The concentrations of the polymer to be fractionated and of an aqueous soluble salt, and the temperature of the aqueous fractionation medium are adjusted so that two phases form, the lower molecular weight polymer molecules partition into the high salt concentration phase, and the higher molecular weight polymer molecules partition into the low salt concentration phase. The resulting high molecular weight polymers are characterized by a higher average molecular weight and a narrower molecular weight distribution and decreased unsaturation than the unfractionated polymers. After being subjected to the fractionation process, polyol polymers that form hydrogels in aqueous solution exhibited higher viscosities and a liquid to gel transition over a narrower temperature range than the unfractionated polyol polymers.
摘要:
A method and a filter for efficiently removing harmful substances in ambient air or generated from tobacco, such as dioxins and pyrene, using DNA are provided. Specifically, in the method, gas containing harmful substances is brought into contact with DNA to be trapped by the DNA, thereby being removed. The filter for removing harmful substances includes DNA and a supporter for supporting the DNA.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method for the systemic delivery of the nitric oxide moiety either as a dissolved gas or through the administration of nitric oxide donors in an extracorporeal circuit to reduce whole body bacterial contamination by pathogenic or toxic substrates. The utilization of an extracorporeal circuit with the entrainment of nitric oxide is viewed as a novel modality in the medical management of bacteremia (blood poisoning) and/or septicemia in mammals.
摘要:
A method is described for determining recirculation of blood in a vascular access (11) of a patient undergoing dialysis treatment by means of a dialysis machine (10) comprising an arterial line (24) for withdrawing blood from the patient's body, a dialysis filter (16), and a venous line (26) for returning the blood to the patient's body. The present method consists in inducing, in the blood flowing in the venous line (26), a disturbance of a magnitude such as to bring the system into a transient state and determining blood recirculation in the vascular access (11) during the transient state as a function of the magnitude of the disturbance induced in the arterial line (24). In particular, the aforesaid disturbance consists of the variation of the haemoglobin concentration in the blood flowing in the venous line (26) and the variation is caused by controlling a change in the ultrafiltration flow in dialysis filter (16).
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for treatment of whole blood comprising two steps, firstly, a step of extracorporeal preseparation whereby the whole blood is separated into a blood plasma rich component and a blood cell rich component and secondly, a step of collecting and/or treating the plasma rich component, e.g. performing dialysis, plasma donation or plasma-pheresis. In one embodiment of the invention, the blood plasma rich component is achieved after particle separation using an ultrasound separator comprising micro-channels formed in a plate structure.
摘要:
The present invention provides a dialysis machine that is readily moved by a patient, nurse or other operator. A display is provided on the front of the machine, which displays and controls various dialysis functions. The display is robust, mounted directly to the body and includes an open area that can be grasped by a person to move the entire machine. The combination display/handle enables the person to move the machine from the front of same and from odd angles with respect to the machine.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for ultrafiltration of blood operating by removing blood from a peripheral blood vessel at a rate of less than two percent of total cardiac output of a patient, extracting fluid at a rate of 0.1 liter to 1.0 liters per hour while retaining cells and proteins in the blood, and returning the concentrated blood to a secondary blood vessel is disclosed. Blood is removed and returned using small gage needles. As a pump circulates blood from the patient, a filter removes ultrafiltrate from the blood using duty cycle or pump control, and a transparent container collects the removed fluid.
摘要:
A device and method for separating water into hydrogen and oxygen is disclosed. A first substantially gas impervious solid electron-conducting membrane for selectively passing hydrogen is provided and spaced from a second substantially gas impervious solid electron-conducting membrane for selectively passing oxygen. When steam is passed between the two membranes at disassociation temperatures the hydrogen from the disassociation of steam selectively and continuously passes through the first membrane and oxygen selectively and continuously passes through the second membrane, thereby continuously driving the disassociation of steam producing hydrogen and oxygen.
摘要:
Method and apparatus for the extracorporeal treatment of blood by utilizing a peripherally inserted catheter assembly for the continuous removal of blood for renal replacement treatment, in particularly, treatment of congestive heart failure and fluid overload by ultrafiltration. A catheter is inserted in a peripheral vein and maneuvered upward through the vascular system to access the reservoir of blood in the large or great veins for continuous blood withdrawal and treatment. Air-tight connectors are incorporated in the catheter assembly to overcome the untoward effects of negative pressure in blood withdrawal.