Surgery – Blood drawn and replaced or treated and returned to body – Constituent removed from blood and remainder returned to body
Patent
1984-07-16
1987-04-07
Rosenbaum, C. Fred
Surgery
Blood drawn and replaced or treated and returned to body
Constituent removed from blood and remainder returned to body
2101952, 2102572, 2104332, 210651, A61M 3700
Patent
active
046557423
ABSTRACT:
Process/apparatus for the processing of body fluids, advantageously comprising plasmapheresis technique for the fractionation of whole blood, features (i) means, e.g., a common blood transfusion needle, for withdrawing and returning body fluid from and to a living patient, (ii) a body fluid separating module which comprises an upstream first compartment and a downstream second compartment, and having a semipermeable membrane body fluid separator disposed therebetween, (iii) first conduit means communicating said withdrawal and return means (i) with the upstream first compartment of said separating module (ii), (iv) means provided along said first conduit (iii) for conveying body fluid in either direction therein, (v) means adapted to monitor the pressure of body fluid circulating in said first conduit (iii), and provided between said conveying means (iv) and the inlet end of the upstream first compartment of said separating module (ii), (vi) second conduit means communicating the upstream first compartment of said separating module (ii) to (vii) means for flexibly containing body fluid which has not been transported across the semipermeable membrane thereof, (viii) means for collecting body fluid transported across said semipermeable membrane and communicating with the downstream second compartment of said separating module (ii), (ix) means adapted to monitor the amount of body fluid withdrawn from the patient during any given withdrawal phase, and (x) means adapted to expel body fluid from said container means (vii) and to return same to the patient.
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Rhone-Poulenc S.A.
Rosenbaum C. Fred
Smith, Jr. Jerome R.
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