Extracorporeal system for treatment of infectious and parasitic diseases
First Claim
1. The method of treating or preventing a disease caused by microorganisms in the bloodstream comprising withdrawing blood from a bloodstream, treating at least a fraction of the withdrawn blood extracorporeally with a microorganism inactivator, and thereafter introducing at least a fraction of said blood, having a reduced microorganism level, into a bloodstream, said introduced blood or blood fraction being substantially free of said microorganism inactivator.
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Abstract
An extracorporeal method is provided for the treatment of a disease caused by pathogenic microorganisms in the bloodstream in which blood is withdrawn from a patient and at least a fraction thereof is treated with a microorganism inactivator. Then, the inactivator and any endotoxins that may be present are removed from the blood or blood fraction, and the treated blood is returned to the patient. The method may also be used to prevent the transmission of pathogenic organisms from a blood donor to a transfusion recipient.
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- 1. The method of treating or preventing a disease caused by microorganisms in the bloodstream comprising withdrawing blood from a bloodstream, treating at least a fraction of the withdrawn blood extracorporeally with a microorganism inactivator, and thereafter introducing at least a fraction of said blood, having a reduced microorganism level, into a bloodstream, said introduced blood or blood fraction being substantially free of said microorganism inactivator.
- 4. The method of treating a disease caused by microorganisms in the bloodstream comprising withdrawing blood from a patient, treating at least a fraction of the withdrawn blood extracorporeally with a microorganism inactivator, and thereafter returning said blood, having a reduced microorganism level, to said patient, said returning blood being substantially free of said microorganism inactivator.
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