Patent ID: 6190855
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: A61K,A61L,Y10S

Abstract:
A system for treating plasma that is essentially free of red blood cells and includes a first cellular blood species, a second cellular blood species and is different than the first cellular blood species, and an extracellular viral agent, the system comprisingtubing adapted to be coupled to a source of the plasma,a first filtration media coupled to the tubing to separate the first cellular blood species from the plasma conveyed from the source,a second filtration media coupled to the tubing in series with the first filtration media to separate the second cellular blood species from the plasma conveyed from the source, to thereby produce a filtered plasma that is essential free of red blood cells, the first cellular blood species, and the second cellular blood species,a transfer container coupled to the tubing to receive the filtered plasma from the first and second filtration media, anda photoactive material to be mixed with the filtered plasma to bind to the extracellular viral agent and inactivate the extracellular viral agent upon exposure to light energy in a particular spectrum.