Abstract: A process and apparatus are provided for continuously separating blood into plasma and cellular component fractions and returning the latter to the subject in admixture with a makeup fluid. The separation is effected by continuously ultrafiltering the subject's blood at specified shear stresses and pressures employing a membrane ultrafilter, preferably having a pore size of 0.45 microns, and a disclosed flow system.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 23, 1977
Date of Patent:
March 4, 1980
Assignee:
Hemotherapy Inc.
Inventors:
Robert P. Popovich, Glen D. Antwiler, Jack W. Moncrief
Abstract: A process and apparatus are provided for continuously separating blood into plasma and cellular component fractions and returning the latter to the subject in admixture with a makeup fluid. The separation is effected by continuously ultrafiltering the subject's blood at specified shear stresses and pressures employing a membrane ultrafilter, preferably having a pore size of 0.45 microns, and a disclosed flow system.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 2, 1982
Date of Patent:
September 25, 1984
Assignee:
Hemotherapy, Inc.
Inventors:
Robert P. Popovich, Jack W. Moncrief, Glen D. Antwiler