Patent ID: 9718029
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: A61M,B01D,Y10T

Claim:
1. An apparatus for treatment of a substance, the apparatus including: a substance tube configured to enable a substance to be treated to pass in and out of the substance tube; a cleaning chamber which, in an assembled condition of the apparatus, is connected to the substance tube through a permeable membrane, the cleaning chamber configured to enable a cleaner to pass in and out of the cleaning chamber, wherein the substance tube is configured in fluid communication with the cleaning chamber via the permeable membrane to enable said substance to perfuse the permeable membrane between the substance tube and the cleaning chamber such that said substance can be substantially cleaned by the cleaner, the substance consisting of blood or plasma and the cleaner comprising a cell culture, and wherein the substance tube is removably connectable with the cleaning chamber such that the apparatus can be taken apart and reassembled.