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SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR BLOOD TREATMENT

  • US 20110021966A1
  • Filed: 12/12/2008
  • Published: 01/27/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A blood treatment device, comprising:

  • a separation channel configured to connect to a living animal and to permit the passage of blood therethrough at a flow rate that causes the blood to arrange approximately in layers with a first, plasma-rich layer on one side, a second, erythrocyte-rich layer opposite the first layer and third, leukocyte-rich layer between the first and second layers;

    connectors on blood lines connecting the separation channel and configured for connection to a patient access; and

    a therapeutic light source positioned so as to illuminate the third layer in the separation channel by transmitting light through the first layer.

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