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Microdialysis probes and methods of use

  • US 5,441,481 A
  • Filed: 05/27/1994
  • Issued: 08/15/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/27/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A microdialysis probe arranged to have a primary probe releasably secured to it to enable the microdialysis probe and the primary probe to be extended as a unit through a common opening into the body of a living being, whereupon the microdialysis probe can be used for selective sampling and/or administration of dialyzable compounds in biological fluids from living tissue within the body of the being and the primary probe can be used for some other function within the body of the being, said microdialysis probe comprising means for releasably mounting said primary probe to said microdialysis probe, a dialysis chamber having a wall formed of a semi-permeable material having a pore size larger than the molecular weight of the dialyzable compounds, an inlet passageway to said chamber and an outlet passageway from said chamber.

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