Patent ID: 9033908
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A device for the removal of toxic substances from dialysate fluid, blood or blood plasma, said device comprising: i) a sorption filter for removing toxins, toxic solutes, toxic small and middle-sized molecules and protein bound toxins from the dialysate fluid, blood or blood plasma, said sorption filter comprising a nanostructured sorption material made of nanoparticles or nanocrystalline materials captured in a porous polymer matrix, wherein the pores in said porous polymer matrix are of a size that allows the entry into said matrix of substances sought to be removed from said liquid while preventing the escape of said nanostructured sorption material and/or preventing the entry into said matrix of substances not sought to be removed from said liquid; said sorption filter being contained in a housing; ii) an inlet for entry of said dialysate fluid, blood or blood plasma into said device; iii) an outlet for the removal of purified dialysate fluid, blood or blood plasma from said device, and iv) a conduit connecting said inlet with said outlet and holding said sorption filter such that said dialysate fluid, blood or blood plasma must pass through said sorption filter when flowing from said inlet to said outlet.