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Filter medium having a limited surface negative charge for treating a blood material
Assignee: Asahi Kasei Medical Co Ltd
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Filing: 1993-03-17
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Granted: 1995-04-18
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Expires: 2013-03-17
Abstract
Abstract Disclosed is a filter medium for treating a blood material selected from the group consisting of a leukocyte-containing suspension and plasma, comprising a polymeric, porous element having, in a surface portion thereof, a negative charge and having a surface electric charge of not smaller than -30 μeq/g of the polymeric, porous element. The filter medium and an apparatus having the filter medium packed in a casing having an inlet and an outlet, can be advantageously used for treating a blood material, for example, for separating leukocytes from a leukocyte-containing suspension including whole blood, for blood dialysis or for removing undesired proteinous substances and the like from whole blood or plasma by adsorption-filtration, while effectively controlling a concentration of bradykinin (which is causative of anaphylactic reactions) in a treated blood to a level not exceeding 4,000 pg/ml.
Inventors
- 👤 Hirokazu Onodera
- 👤 Makoto Yoshida
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2026-11-09 05:32
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01D; B01D67/00; B01D67/0081; B01D67/0093; B01D67/00931; B01D39/00; B01D39/14; B01D39/16; B01D39/1607; B01D39/1623; B01D71/00; B01D71/06; B01D71/38; B01D71/381; B01D71/40; B01D71/42; B01D71/421; B01J; B01J20/00; B01J20/30; B01J20/32; B01J20/3202; B01J20/3206; B01J20/3208; B01J20/321; B01J20/3212; B01J20/3214; B01J20/3217; B01J20/3219; B01J20/3231; B01J20/3242; B01J20/3244; B01J20/3246; B01J20/3248; B01J20/3251; B01J20/3253; B01J20/3255; B01J20/3268; B01J20/327; B01J20/3272; B01J20/3276; A; A61; A61M; A61M2202/00; A61M2202/04; A61M2202/0413; A61M2202/0439; A61M2202/0441; A61M2202/0445; B01D2323/00; B01D2323/38; B01D2323/385; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S210/00; Y10S210/929
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 40
Claim 1
Independent Claim
50 words
A filter medium for treating a blood material selected from the group consisting of a leukocyte-containing suspension and plasma, comprising a polymeric, porous element having, in a surface portion thereof, a negative charge and having a surface electric charge of not smaller than -30 μeq/g of said polymeric, porous element.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
50 words
A filter medium for treating a blood material selected from the group consisting of a leukocyte-containing suspension and plasma, comprising a polymeric, porous element having, in a surface portion thereof, a negative charge and having a surface electric charge of not smaller than -30 μeq/g of said polymeric, porous element.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
109 words
The filter medium according to claim 1, for use in separating at least one substance selected from the group consisting of at least one preselected blood component, a substance foreign to blood components and a mixture thereof from said blood material, wherein said polymeric, porous element has an average pore diameter of from 1 to 100 μm and a total pore volume of from 0.4 to 0.95 ml/ml of said polymeric, porous element, and wherein a sum of respective pore volumes of pores of said polymeric, porous element which have a pore diameter of from 1 to 100 μm is 75% or more, based on said total pore volume.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
The filter medium according to claim 2, wherein said polymeric, porous element comprises a fibrous material.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
The filter medium according to claim 2, wherein a surface of said polymeric, porous element exhibits a contact angle of 90° or less against a liquid having a surface tension of 100 dyn/cm, as measured at 25° C.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
The filter medium according to claim 2, wherein said polymeric, porous element comprises a synthetic polyester.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
31 words
The filter medium according to claim 2, wherein said polymeric, porous element has a surface electric charge in a quantity of not greater than -0.001 μeq/g of said polymeric, porous element.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
94 words
The filter medium according to claim 1, for use in separating whole blood into a blood cell product and plasma or for use in separating whole blood or plasma, each containing at least one preselected substance, into said at least one preselected substance and a remaining whole blood or plasma product substantially free of said at least one preselected substance, wherein said polymeric, porous element is a porous membrane having an average pore diameter of from 10 Å to 1.0 μm and having a water permeability of from 3.4 to 8,000 ml/hr/m 2 /mmHg.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
The filter medium according to claim 7, wherein said porous membrane is a hollow fiber porous membrane having an inner diameter of from 50 to 300 μm.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
32 words
The filter medium according to claim 7, wherein said polymeric, porous membrane comprises a material selected from the group consisting of an acrylonitrile polymer, a cellulose polymer and a methyl methacrylate polymer.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
104 words
The filter medium according to claim 1, for use in separating whole blood or plasma, each containing at least one preselected substance, into said at least one preselected substance and a remaining whole blood or plasma substantially free of said at least one preselected substance by adsorption-filtration, wherein said polymeric, porous element is an adsorptive composite comprising a polymeric, porous substrate having, on a surface thereof including pore surfaces, functional groups capable of selectively binding said at least one preselected substance thereto, said polymeric, porous substrate having an average pore size of from 10,000 to 10,000,000 in terms of an exclusion limit molecular weight.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
26 words
The filter medium according to claim 10, wherein said substrate has a ligand bonded to a surface of said substrate, said ligand having said functional groups.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
14 words
The filter medium according to claim 11, wherein said ligand exhibits a negative charge.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
14 words
The filter medium according to claim 12, wherein said substrate exhibits a positive charge.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
14 words
The filter medium according to claim 11, wherein said ligand exhibits a positive charge.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
14 words
The filter medium according to claim 14, wherein said substrate exhibits a negative charge.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
34 words
The filter medium according to claim 11, wherein said ligand comprises a chain having at least one portion thereof bonded to said substrate and having a remaining unbonded portion which is flexible and movable.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
29 words
The filter medium according to claim 10, wherein said porous element exhibits a contact angle of 20° or more against gas bubbles in water, as measured at 25° C.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
186 words
An apparatus for selectively separating leukocytes from a leukocyte-containing suspension, comprising: a casing having an inlet side and an outlet side, said inlet side having an inlet for a leukocyte-containing suspension selected from the group consisting of whole blood, a leukocyte-containing red cell product, a leukocyte-containing platelet and a leukocyte-containing plasma product, and said outlet side having an outlet for a filtrate; and a main filter medium packed in said casing at a packing density of from 0.05 to 0.5 g/cm 3 , said main filter medium comprising a polymeric, porous element having, in a surface portion thereof, a negative charge and having a surface electric charge of not smaller than -30 μeq/g of said polymeric, porous element, wherein said polymeric, porous element has an average pore diameter of from 1 to 100 μm and a total pore volume of from 0.4 to 0.95 ml/ml of said polymeric, porous element, and wherein a sum of respective pore volumes of pores of said polymeric, porous element which have a pore diameter of from 1 to 100 μm is 75% or more, based on said total pore volume.
Claim 20
Independent Claim
186 words
An apparatus for selectively separating leukocytes from a leukocyte-containing suspension, comprising: a casing having an inlet side and an outlet side, said inlet side having an inlet for a leukocyte-containing suspension selected from the group consisting of whole blood, a leukocyte-containing red cell product, a leukocyte-containing platelet and a leukocyte-containing plasma product, and said outlet side having an outlet for a filtrate; and a main filter medium packed in said casing at a packing density of from 0.05 to 0.5 g/cm 3 , said main filter medium comprising a polymeric, porous element having, in a surface portion thereof, a negative charge and having a surface electric charge of not smaller than -30 μeq/g of said polymeric, porous element, wherein said polymeric, porous element has an average pore diameter of from 1 to 100 μm and a total pore volume of from 0.4 to 0.95 ml/ml of said polymeric, porous element, and wherein a sum of respective pore volumes of pores of said polymeric, porous element which have a pore diameter of from 1 to 100 μm is 75% or more, based on said total pore volume.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
60 words
The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein said polymeric, porous element has an inlet portion on said inlet side of the casing and an outlet portion opposite said inlet portion, and has an average pore diameter gradient such that said average pore diameter is substantially continuously or stepwise decreased in a direction from said inlet side to said outlet side.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
37 words
The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein a surface of said polymeric, porous element exhibits a contact angle of 90° or less against a liquid having a surface tension of 100 dyn/cm, as measured at 25° C.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
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The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein said polymeric, porous element comprises a non-woven fabric.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
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The apparatus according to claim 21, wherein said non-woven fabric has an inlet portion on said inlet side of the casing and an outlet portion opposite said inlet portion, said non-woven fabric comprising fibers having a diameter gradient such that a fiber diameter is substantially continuously or stepwise decreased in a direction from said inlet side to said outlet side.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
46 words
The apparatus according to claim 18, wherein said polymeric, porous element has a thickness of from 0.1 to 500 mm, and wherein said casing has a quotient of a horizontal sectional area divided by a vertical length in a range of from 10 to 500 cm.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
127 words
The apparatus according to claim 18, further comprising a preliminary filter medium disposed upstream of said main filter medium with respect to a direction from said inlet side of the casing to said outlet side of the casing, said preliminary filter medium comprising a preliminary porous element which has, in a surface portion thereof, a negative charge and has a surface electric charge of not smaller than -30 μeq/g of the preliminary porous element, and which has an average pore diameter of from 1 to 400 μm, wherein a sum of respective pore volumes of pores of the preliminary porous element which have a pore diameter of from 100 to 400 μm is 30% or more, based on a total pore volume of the preliminary porous element.
Claim 27
Independent Claim
143 words
An apparatus for separating whole blood into a blood cell product and plasma or for separating whole blood or plasma, each containing at least one preselected substance, into said at least one preselected substance and a remaining whole blood or plasma substantially free of said at least one preselected substance, comprising: a casing having an inlet for whole blood or plasma and an outlet for a filtrate; and a filter medium packed in said casing, said filter medium comprising a polymeric, porous element having, in a surface portion thereof, a negative charge and a surface electric charge of not smaller than -30 μeq/g of said polymeric, porous element, and wherein said polymeric, porous element is a porous membrane having an average pore diameter of from 10 Å to 1.0 μm and having a water permeability of from 3.4 to 8,000 ml/hr/m 2 /mmHg.
Claim 28
Independent Claim
143 words
An apparatus for separating whole blood into a blood cell product and plasma or for separating whole blood or plasma, each containing at least one preselected substance, into said at least one preselected substance and a remaining whole blood or plasma substantially free of said at least one preselected substance, comprising: a casing having an inlet for whole blood or plasma and an outlet for a filtrate; and a filter medium packed in said casing, said filter medium comprising a polymeric, porous element having, in a surface portion thereof, a negative charge and a surface electric charge of not smaller than -30 μeq/g of said polymeric, porous element, and wherein said polymeric, porous element is a porous membrane having an average pore diameter of from 10 Å to 1.0 μm and having a water permeability of from 3.4 to 8,000 ml/hr/m 2 /mmHg.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
26 words
The apparatus according to claim 25, wherein said porous membrane is a hollow fiber porous membrane having an inner diameter of from 50 to 300 μm.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
30 words
The apparatus according to claim 25, wherein said membrane comprises a polymeric material selected from the group consisting of an acrylonitrile polymer, a cellulose polymer and a methyl methacrylate polymer.
Claim 31
Independent Claim
73 words
A method for treating a blood selected from the consisting of a leukocyte-containing suspension and plasma, which comprises contacting a blood material with a filter medium comprising a polymeric, porous element having, in a surface portion thereof, a negative charge and having a surface electric charge of not smaller than -30 μeq/g of said polymeric, porous element, thereby controlling a bradykinin concentration of a contacted blood to a level not exceeding 4,000 pg/ml.
Claim 32
Independent Claim
73 words
A method for treating a blood selected from the consisting of a leukocyte-containing suspension and plasma, which comprises contacting a blood material with a filter medium comprising a polymeric, porous element having, in a surface portion thereof, a negative charge and having a surface electric charge of not smaller than -30 μeq/g of said polymeric, porous element, thereby controlling a bradykinin concentration of a contacted blood to a level not exceeding 4,000 pg/ml.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
106 words
The method according to claim 28, for separating at least one substance selected from the group consisting of at least one preselected blood component, a substance foreign to blood components and a mixture thereof from said blood material, wherein said polymeric, porous element has an average pore diameter of from 1 to 100 μm and a total pore volume of from 0.4 to 0.95 ml/ml of said polymeric, porous element, and wherein a sum of respective pore volumes of pores of said polymeric, porous element which have a pore diameter of from 1 to 100 μm is 75% or more, based on said total pore volume
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
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The method according to claim 29, wherein said preselected blood component comprises leukocytes.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
91 words
The method according to claim 28, for use in separating whole blood into a blood cell product and plasma or for separating whole blood or plasma, each containing at least one preselected substance, into said at least one preselected substance and a remaining whole blood or plasma product substantially free of said at least one preselected substance, wherein said polymeric, porous element is a porous membrane having an average pore diameter of from 10 Å to 1.0 μm and having a water permeability of from 3.4 to 8,000 ml/hr/m 2 /mmHg.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
101 words
The method according to claim 28, for separating whole blood or plasma, each containing at least one preselected substance, into said at least one preselected substance and a remaining whole blood or plasma substantially free of said at least one preselected substance by adsorption-filtration, wherein said polymeric, porous element is an adsorptive composite comprising a polymeric, porous substrate having, on a surface thereof including pore surfaces, functional groups capable of selectively binding said at least one preselected substance thereto, said polymeric, porous substrate having an average pore size of from 10,000 to 10,000,000 in terms of an exclusion limit molecular weight.
Claim 37
Independent Claim
215 words
A method for selectively separating leukocytes from a leukocyte-containing suspension, which comprises passing a leukocyte-containing suspension through a filter apparatus, said filter apparatus comprising: a casing having an inlet side and an outlet side, said inlet side having an inlet for a leukocyte-containing suspension selected from the group consisting of whole blood, a leukocyte-containing red cell product, a leukocyte-containing platelet and a leukocyte-containing plasma product, and said outlet side having an outlet for a filtrate; and a main filter medium packed in said casing at a packing density of from 0.05 to 0.5 g/cm 3 , said main filter medium comprising a polymeric, porous element having, in a surface portion thereof, a negative charge and having a surface electric charge of not smaller than -30 μeq/g of said polymeric, porous element, wherein said polymeric, porous element has an average pore diameter of from 1 to 100 μm and a total pore volume of from 0.4 to 0.95 ml/ml of said polymeric, porous element, and wherein a sum of respective pore volumes of pores of said polymeric, porous element which have a pore diameter of from 1 to 100 μm is 75% or more, based on said total pore volume, thereby controlling a bradykinin concentration of a passed blood to a level not exceeding 4,000 pg/ml.
Claim 38
Independent Claim
215 words
A method for selectively separating leukocytes from a leukocyte-containing suspension, which comprises passing a leukocyte-containing suspension through a filter apparatus, said filter apparatus comprising: a casing having an inlet side and an outlet side, said inlet side having an inlet for a leukocyte-containing suspension selected from the group consisting of whole blood, a leukocyte-containing red cell product, a leukocyte-containing platelet and a leukocyte-containing plasma product, and said outlet side having an outlet for a filtrate; and a main filter medium packed in said casing at a packing density of from 0.05 to 0.5 g/cm 3 , said main filter medium comprising a polymeric, porous element having, in a surface portion thereof, a negative charge and having a surface electric charge of not smaller than -30 μeq/g of said polymeric, porous element, wherein said polymeric, porous element has an average pore diameter of from 1 to 100 μm and a total pore volume of from 0.4 to 0.95 ml/ml of said polymeric, porous element, and wherein a sum of respective pore volumes of pores of said polymeric, porous element which have a pore diameter of from 1 to 100 μm is 75% or more, based on said total pore volume, thereby controlling a bradykinin concentration of a passed blood to a level not exceeding 4,000 pg/ml.
Claim 39
Independent Claim
173 words
A method for separating whole blood into a blood cell product and plasma or for separating whole blood or plasma each containing at least one preselected substance into said at least one preselected substance and a remaining whole blood or plasma substantially free of said at least one preselected substance, which comprises passing whole blood or plasma through a separator apparatus, said separator apparatus comprising: a casing having an inlet for whole blood or plasma and an outlet for a filtrate; and a filter medium packed in said casing, said filter medium comprising a polymeric, porous element having, in a surface portion thereof, a negative charge and a surface electric charge of not smaller than -30 μeq/g of said polymeric, porous element, and wherein said polymeric, porous element is a porous membrane having an average pore diameter of from 10 Å to 1.0 μm and having a water permeability of from 3.4 to 8,000 ml/hr/m 2 /mmHg, thereby controlling a bradykinin concentration of a passed blood to a level not exceeding 4,000 pg/ml.
Claim 40
Independent Claim
173 words
A method for separating whole blood into a blood cell product and plasma or for separating whole blood or plasma each containing at least one preselected substance into said at least one preselected substance and a remaining whole blood or plasma substantially free of said at least one preselected substance, which comprises passing whole blood or plasma through a separator apparatus, said separator apparatus comprising: a casing having an inlet for whole blood or plasma and an outlet for a filtrate; and a filter medium packed in said casing, said filter medium comprising a polymeric, porous element having, in a surface portion thereof, a negative charge and a surface electric charge of not smaller than -30 μeq/g of said polymeric, porous element, and wherein said polymeric, porous element is a porous membrane having an average pore diameter of from 10 Å to 1.0 μm and having a water permeability of from 3.4 to 8,000 ml/hr/m 2 /mmHg, thereby controlling a bradykinin concentration of a passed blood to a level not exceeding 4,000 pg/ml.
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