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Methods for treating hemophilia A and B and AIDS and devices used therein

  • US 6,491,655 B1
  • Filed: 03/01/2000
  • Issued: 12/10/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A biocompatible permeable membrane forming one or more walls of a hollow chamber suitable for extracorporeal use or implantation in a human body;

  • a plurality of holes extending through the membrane and permitting fluid to enter and exit the chamber, each of the holes being sized so that it is large enough to permit a virus to enter the chamber but small enough to prevent substances capable of binding to the virus from entering or exiting the chamber when placed in contact with bodily fluids;

    a plurality of supports disposed within the chamber; and

    an effective amount of a substance bound to the supports, the substance capable of binding to the virus when placed in contact therewith within the chamber, thereby preventing such virus from exiting the chamber.

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