Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device for actively removing a target cell from blood or lymph of a vertebrate subject
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Application No.: US12802854Application Date: 2010-06-14
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Publication No.: US08172826B2Publication Date: 2012-05-08
- Inventor: Roderick A. Hyde , Muriel Y. Ishikawa , Edward K. Y. Jung , Robert Langer , Eric C. Leuthardt , Nathan P. Myhrvold , Elizabeth A. Sweeney , Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
- Applicant: Roderick A. Hyde , Muriel Y. Ishikawa , Edward K. Y. Jung , Robert Langer , Eric C. Leuthardt , Nathan P. Myhrvold , Elizabeth A. Sweeney , Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
- Applicant Address: US WA Bellevue
- Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, LLC
- Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Bellevue
- Main IPC: A61M31/00
- IPC: A61M31/00

Abstract:
Devices, systems, and methods are described herein for controlling the level of one or more target cell types in the blood fluid and/or lymph fluid of a vertebrate subject. Devices and systems are provided that include a body defining at least one lumen configured for fluid flow; at least one controllable flow barrier to the at least one lumen; one or more sensor configured to detect one or more target cell types in blood fluid or lymph fluid of a vertebrate subject; at least one treatment region disposed within the at least one lumen; at least one reactive component disposed in the at least one treatment region, the at least one reactive component configured to modulate a physiological effect of the one or more target cell types in the vertebrate subject; and at least one controller in communication with the one or more sensor and in communication with the at least one controllable flow barrier to the at least one lumen; wherein the at least one controller is configured to open or close the at least one controllable flow barrier in response to the one or more sensor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100255057A1 Device for actively removing a target cell from blood or lymph of a vertebrate subject Public/Granted day:2010-10-07
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