Surgery – Blood drawn and replaced or treated and returned to body
Patent
1997-03-26
1999-11-16
Weiss, John G.
Surgery
Blood drawn and replaced or treated and returned to body
A61M 3700
Patent
active
059848871
ABSTRACT:
A method of treating infections of mononuclear blood cells, other than retroviral infections, is disclosed. A method of modulating the function of monocytes is also disclosed. The method involves the treatment of a patient's blood with a photoactivatable compound followed by ultra violet light-activation of the photoactivatable compound. The blood treated as such is returned to the patient in a process known as extracorporeal photopheresis. Monocyte function is modulated by this treatment.
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McLaughlin Susan N.
Stouch Bruce C.
Zeldis Jerome B.
O Ki Yong
Therakos, Inc.
Wallen III John W.
Weiss John G.
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