Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha

Makoto Ohnishi

Kenichi Shimura

Noriyuki Koyama

Yasushi Nemoto

Shinsuke Yokomachi

Shinsuke Yokomati

A hydrophilic porous membrane is obtained by covering porous membrane substrate with a non-ionic, amino-acid-based or non-ionic fluorine-based surface active agent. For the covering, the porous membrane substrate is immersed in a solution containing the surface active agent and then drying the membrane substrate. A different hydrophilic porous membrane is obtained by providing the surfaces of a porous membrane substrate and inner pore surfaces with a polar group and then covering the membrane substrate with a hydrophilic polymer film. For this covering, after introduction of the polar group to the surfaces of the porous membrane substrate and inner pore surfaces, the membrane substrate is immersed in a solution containing a hydrophilic substance and then dried. In a liquid filter using any of these hydrophilic porous membrane the porous membrane is disposed in a housing such as to divide the housing inner space into two sub-spaces respectively communicating with a liquid inlet and a filtrate outlet provided on the housing.

Hydrophilic porous membrane, method of manufacturing the same and liquid

A blood plasma-separating membrane formed of a porous membrane possessing a wetting time in the range of 3 to 500 seconds relative to water and a non-priming grade blood plasma separator using the same.

Blood plasma-separating membrane and blood plasma separator using the

A hydrophilic porous membrane is obtained by covering porous membrane substrate with a non-ionic, amino-acid-based or non-ionic fluorine-based surface active agent. For the covering, the porous membrane substrate is immersed in a solution containing the surface active agent and then drying the membrane substrate. A different hydrophilic porous membrane is obtained by providing the surfaces of a porous membrane substrate and inner pore surfaces with a polar group and then covering the membrane substrate with a hydrophilic polymer film. For this covering, after introduction of the polar group to the surfaces of the porous membrane substrate and inner pore surfaces, the membrane substrate is immersed in a solution containing a hydrophilic substance and then dried. In a liquid filter using any of these hydrophilic porous membrane, the porous membrane is disposed in a housing such as to divide the housing inner space into two sub-spaces respectively communicating with a liquid inlet and a filtrate outlet provided on the housing.

A .gamma.-ray-sterilizable hydrophilic porous material has been found which includes a continuous layer made of a synthetic polymer compound forming a porous substrate and a hydrophilic and .gamma.-ray-resistant polymer supported on at least part of the surface of the porous substrate in an amount not less than 5% by weight, based on the porous substrate. The hydrophilic porous material has an average pore diameter in the range of 0.02 to 20 .mu.m, a porosity in the range of 10 to 90% and a wall thickness in the range of 10 .mu.m to 5.0 mm.

Hydrophilic porous material sterilizable with gamma-ray

A hydrophilic material having excellent hydrophilicity and fitness to living bodies and used for porous membranes or the like and also a method of manufacturing the same. The hydrophilic material is formed by subjecting at least part of the surfaces of a substrate of a polymer material to a plasma treatment to thereby produce a polymer radical and graft polymerizing therewith a block copolymer containing a hydrophilic monomer supplied in the gasious phase and a subsequently supplied hydrophobic monomer.

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