Patent ID: 9241977
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: A61J,A61K,A61M,A61P,C07K

Claim Text:
1. A method for selectively removing unwanted components from serum or autologous fluid, comprising: incubating the serum or autologous fluid in a construct having an internal construct wall that is coated with at least one protein binding site or passing the serum or autologous fluid through a construct having an internal construct wall that is coated with at least one protein binding site, wherein the at least one protein binding site binds a catabolic cytokine, wherein a IL-1Ra/IL-1β ratio of the serum or autologous fluid is about four times greater after the serum or autologous fluid contacts the protein binding site; and removing the serum or autologous fluid from the construct.