A high performance immunoaffinity based system for extracorporeal capture of pathogens, cancer cells and toxins from blood

Abstract

The invention relates to an immuno-affinity cell capture system comprising a cartridge or column which contains a high amount of activated beads of a specific diameter having binding agents against specific cells in the blood, e.g. pathogenic cells or viruses, in a housing equipped with appropriate fittings to allow perfusion of blood whereby said cells from blood bind to the beads. Thereby removal of said cells from blood and thereby cleansing of blood becomes possible. Also the beads can preferably glass beads in the range of 300 to 500 μm. This method allows binding a very high number of cells and has a very high capacity and a highly versatile system to adapt to various different pathogens.

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