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US 2003/0118559 A1Published application
Method of treating systemic inflammatory response syndrome
AssigneeUniversity of Michigan
InventorH. David Humes
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Abstract
A method for treating systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) by contacting the bodily fluid of a patient with renal tubule cells outside of the kidney.
Claims23
A method of treating a patient with SIRS syndrome, comprising:
- contacting, outside of the kidney, at least a portion of the body fluid of the patient with renal tubule cells.
A method of treating a patient with SIRS, comprising:
- removing a portion of body fluid from the patient,
- contacting the removed body fluid with renal tubule cells, and
- returning at least a portion of the body fluid which has been contacted with the renal tubule cells to the patient.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.