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Blood cleaning hollow fiber membrane, method for cleaning blood, and apparatus therefor
Assignee: TOKYO BI-TECH LABORATORIES Inc A CORP OF JAPAN
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Filing: 1988-11-01
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Granted: 1990-07-10
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Expires: 2008-11-01
Abstract
Abstract The present invention discloses a blood cleaning hollow fiber membrane characterized by comprising a hydrophobic porous hollow fiber membrane and having a hydrophilic thin layer formed at least on the inner surface of said hollow fiber membrane by the grafting of a hydrophilic compound through the agency of a gamma ray, a method for the cleaning blood and an apparatus therefor using the same.
Inventors
- 👤 Juuro Aoyagi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-10-24 19:35
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01D; B01D67/00; B01D67/0081; B01D67/0093; B01D67/00931; A; A61; A61M; A61M1/00; A61M1/14; A61M1/16; A61M1/1621; A61M1/1623; B01D61/00; B01D61/24; B01D61/243; B01D65/00; B01D65/02; B01D65/022; B01D69/00; B01D69/08; B01D71/00; B01D71/06; B01D71/26; B01D71/262; B01D2321/00; B01D2321/34; B01D2321/346; B01D2323/00; B01D2323/02; B01D2323/38; B01D2323/385; B01D2325/00; B01D2325/38
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
141 words
A method of making a blood cleaning apparatus comprising: arranging inside a housing a multiplicity of blood cleaning hollow fiber membranes each comprising a hydrophobic porous hollow fiber membrane, causing the empty spaces inside said hollow fiber membranes to communicate with a blood inlet and a blood outlet disposed in said housing, causing the empty spaces defined by the inner surfaces of said housing and the outer surface of said porous hollow fiber membranes to communicate with a cleaning liquid inlet and a cleaning liquid outlet disposed in said housing, filling the inner empty space of the hydrophobic porous hollow fiber membranes with a hydrophilic compound, and concurrently sterilizing the apparatus and forming a hydrophilic thin layer at least on the inner surface of said hollow fiber membrane by the grafting of the hydrophilic compound through the agency of gamma rays.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
141 words
A method of making a blood cleaning apparatus comprising: arranging inside a housing a multiplicity of blood cleaning hollow fiber membranes each comprising a hydrophobic porous hollow fiber membrane, causing the empty spaces inside said hollow fiber membranes to communicate with a blood inlet and a blood outlet disposed in said housing, causing the empty spaces defined by the inner surfaces of said housing and the outer surface of said porous hollow fiber membranes to communicate with a cleaning liquid inlet and a cleaning liquid outlet disposed in said housing, filling the inner empty space of the hydrophobic porous hollow fiber membranes with a hydrophilic compound, and concurrently sterilizing the apparatus and forming a hydrophilic thin layer at least on the inner surface of said hollow fiber membrane by the grafting of the hydrophilic compound through the agency of gamma rays.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
12 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said hydrophilic compound is glycerol.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
47 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said hydrophobic porous hollow fiber membrane is formed of one member selected from the group consisting of polyolefin type, polyester type, polyamide type, polyurethane type, poly(meth)acrylate type, poly(meth)acrylonitrile type, polysulfone type, and polyvinyl chloride type compounds and polymer blends thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
A method according to claim 3, wherein said hydrophobic porous hollow fiber membrane is made of polypropylene.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
38 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said blood cleaning hollow fiber membranes each possess an inside diameter in the range of 100 to 500 μm, and a wall thickness in the range of 5 to 30 μm.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
38 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said blood cleaning hollow fiber membranes each possess an average pore diameter in the range of 0.001 to 6.5 μm and a void ratio in the range of 30 to 70%.
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