Blood filter cartridge

• US 6,405,876 B1
• Filed: 12/15/1999
• Issued: 06/18/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Yazawa, Kenichiro, Seshimoto, Osamu, Arai, Takaki
• Primary Examiner(s): KIM, SUN U
• Application Number:
  US09/464,612
• Time in Patent Office: 916 Days
• Field of Search: 210/435, 210/446, 210/488, 210/489, 210/490, 210/496, 210/503, 210/504, 210/505, 210/506, 210/507, 210/508, 436/523, 436/528, 436/531, 436/535, 436/169, 436/170, 436/177, 436/178, 530/412, 530/413
• US Class Current: 210/490
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 61/18 Apparatus therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 61/20 Accessories; Auxiliary operations
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 69/12 Composite membranes; Ultra-thin membranes
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 69/141 Heterogeneous membranes, e.g. containing dispersed material; Mixed matrix membranes
• CPC Class Codes: B01D 71/68 Polysulfones; Polyethersulfones
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 1/4077 by other techniques involving separation of suspended solids
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 2001/4016 being a selective membrane, e.g. dialysis or osmosis
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/491 by separating the blood components G01N15/05 takes precedence

Abstract

The blood filter cartridge which can collect a minor component of blood efficiently in a high concentration comprises a blood filtering material and a holder containing the blood filtering material and having a blood inlet and a filtrate outlet, wherein an antibody or an antigen is immobilized on at least a part from the blood inlet to the filtrate outlet or a filtrate receiver.

Claims

1. A blood filter cartridge which comprises a blood filtering material and a holder containing the blood filtration material and having a blood inlet and a filtrate outlet, wherein an antibody or an antigen is immobilized on at least a part from the blood inlet to the filtrate outlet or a filtrate receiver connected to the filtrate outlet through a wall, wherein the holder has a circumferential groove for cutting off having a thickness of 0.1 to 0.5 mm at its deepest portion.