Patent ID: 7758533
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A hemofiltration system operable to treat an Inflammatory Mediator Related Disease in a mammal comprising: a hemofilter having a molecular weight exclusion limit equal to or greater than approximately 69,000 Daltons, operable to remove an ultrafiltrate from a blood stream extracted from the mammal and to create a filtered blood stream in a return flow path to the mammal and an ultrafiltrate stream; at least one therapeutic agent used in association with the hemofilter to treat the Inflammatory Mediator Related Disease, the therapeutic agent deliverable via the return flow path to the mammal; and an adsorptive device containing at least one adsorbent material operable to receive the ultrafiltrate stream from the hemofilter and to remove an inflammatory mediator therefrom to create a post adsorption ultrafiltrate routable to at least one of the return flow path and waste.