Device for removing bacterial lipopolysaccharides and/or lipoteichoic acids from protein-containing fluids and its use for the treatment of sepsis

   
   

A device for removing bacterial lipopolysaccharides and lipoteichoic acids from blood or plasma in an extracorporeal perfusion system contains, in a housing that can be incorporated into the perfusion system, a hollow fiber material that is suitable for the selective removal of bacterial lipopolysaccharides and lipoteichoic acids, the device being arranged in such a way that the blood or plasma entering through a first opening of the housing must pass through the hollow fiber material before it leaves through a second opening of the housing and is directed to the rest of the perfusion circuit.

Un dispositivo para quitar lipopolysaccharides bacterianos y los ácidos lipoteichoic de sangre o el plasma en un sistema extracorporal de la perfusión contiene, en una cubierta que se pueda incorporar en el sistema de la perfusión, un material hueco que sea conveniente para el retiro selectivo de lipopolysaccharides bacterianos y de ácidos lipoteichoic, el dispositivo de la fibra que es arreglado de una manera tal que la sangre o el plasma que entra con una primera abertura de la cubierta deba pasar a través del material hueco de la fibra antes de que se vaya con una segunda abertura de la cubierta y esté dirigida al resto del circuito de la perfusión.

 
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