Method for removal of hiv and other viruses from blood
CA 2342203 C · Owner: Scamurra, David O. · Inventors: Scamurra, David O.; Ambrus, Julian L.
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This invention discloses a method for reducing the viral load by removal of viruses or fragments or components thereof from the blood by extracorporeally circulating blood through hollow fibers which have in the porous exterior surface, immobilized affinity molecules having specificity for viral components. Passage of the fluid through the hollow fibers causes the viral particles to bind to the affinity molecules thereby reducing the viral load in the effluent.
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- Filed August 30, 1999 and granted March 1, 2011. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 30, 2019.
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