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Removal of carbon dioxide via dialysis

  • US 10,322,221 B2
  • Filed: 01/18/2014
  • Issued: 06/18/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of reducing the partial pressure of carbon dioxide or pCO2 in blood or blood plasma during renal replacement therapy comprising:

  • removing blood from a patient;

    treating the blood or blood plasma which has been separated from the blood by flowing the blood or the blood plasma on one side of at least one semi-permeable membrane, wherein carbonic anhydrase is immobilized on or in the vicinity of the at least one semi-permeable membrane, and flowing a dialysate for renal replacement therapy on the other side of the at least one semi-permeable membrane to reduce the concentration of bicarbonate in the blood or the blood plasma and reduce pCO2 in the blood or the blood plasma, the dialysate having a concentration of bicarbonate less than the concentration of bicarbonate in the blood or the blood plasma before treating the blood or the blood plasma and having a composition such that the blood or the blood plasma strong ion difference that results from treating the blood or the blood plasma in conjunction with an achieved reduction in pCO2 results in a blood pH or a blood plasma pH at an interface of the at least one semi-permeable membrane between 6.5 and 8.5 during treatment such that pCO2 in the blood or blood plasma is reduced without inducing metabolic acidosis; and

    returning the blood or the blood plasma to the patient after treating the blood or the blood plasma on one side of the at least one semi-permeable membrane.

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