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US 4,540,401 AGranted
In vivo therapeutic apheresis using lipid vesicles
AssigneeApplied Immune Sciences, Inc.
InventorJames F. Marten
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Abstract
Disclosure is made of a means and method for removing immunologically reactive compounds from the blood of living mammals. The method of the invention comprises reacting the compound with an immunological homolog of the compound, bound to the surface of a lipid vesicle and thereafter separating the resulting complex from the blood plasma of the mammal.
Claims1
A method of removing an immunologically reactive compound from the blood of a living mammal, which comprises;
- introducing into the blood in a living mammal an immunological homolog of said compound, bound to the surface of a lipid vesicle, in the blood, whereby the bound homolog and the compound mix and react to form a complex;
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- separating the resulting complex from the blood plasma.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.