Kaneka Corporation

Kanegafuchi Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Satoshi Takata

Shigeo Furuyoshi

Masaru Nakatani

Kouji Fujita

Tsutomu Okuyama

Kouichiro Tanaka

Toshiki Nanko

Nobutaka Tani

Akira Kobayashi

Akio Fujimura

Junko Hiiro

Hiroshi Nagamatsu

Shuichi Tsuruoka

The present invention relates to a cellulosic particle body comprising interconnected cellulosic small particles with small interparticle spaces and to a method of producing said cellulosic particle body which comprises dispersing cellulosic small particles in an alkaline medium and contacting the resulting suspension with a coagulating solution. In this specification, the above technology will be referred to as the first invention.

Cellulosic particles, spherical object comprising cross-linked polymer particles, and adsorbent for body fluid purification

An adsorbent for cardiac glycoside contained in body fluid, comprising a compound having a log P value of at least 6 immobilized on a water-insoluble carrier is provided. A process for adsorbing and removing cardiac glycoside contained in body fluid efficiently, which comprises contacting body fluid with this adsorbent for cardiac glycoside is provided.

Adsorbent and method for adsorbing cardiac glycoside

A device for body fluid purification, comprising a container having an inlet and an outlet for a fluid and a means for preventing an adsorbent from flowing out of the container and an adsorbent charged in the container, the adsorbent comprising a spherical hydrogel, the spherical hydrogel having an average particle size in a range of from about 460 to 600 &#x3bc;m and having a substantially uniform particle size and comprising an epoxidated cellulose having hexadecylamine immobilized thereon in an amount of 100 to 300 &#x3bc;mol per gram of dry weight of said epoxidated cellulose, and water, wherein the weight ratio of said epoxidated cellulose having hexadecylamine immobilized thereon to the water is 2:8.

Adsorbent and method for adsorbing a chemokine in body fluid

Device for body fluid purification and system for body fluid purification

An adsorbent for removing a chemokine except interleukin-8 in body fluid, which comprises a solid material having an anionic functional group, a method for efficiently removing a chemokine except interleukin-8 in body fluid, which comprises by bringing the above adsorbent into contact with body fluid containing the chemokine and an adsorber for removing a chemokine except for interleukin-8 using the above adsorbent.

Method for removing a chemokine

Adsorbent carrier containing immobilized sulfated polysaccharide and

Hollow yarn membrane used for blood purification and blood purifier

An adsorbent for removing at least one interleukin selected from the group consisting of inerleukin-1, interleukin-2, interleukin-6 and interluekin-8 and/or TNF, which comprises a porous water-insolube carrier and a compound satisfying the value of log P of at least 2.50, in which P is a distribution coefficient in an octanol-water system and being immobilized onto the carrier, a process for removing the above IL(s) and/or TNF by the adsorbent and an adsorber comprising the adsorbent. According to the present invention, IL(s) and TNF in body fluid can be efficiently absorbed using the above-mentioned adsorbent.

Absorbent for removing interleukins and tumor necrosis factor, and

An apparatus for purifying blood which is able to separate blood into plasma and blood rich in blood cells, to purify the separated plasma and to mix the purified plasma into the blood stream simultaneously by itself. The apparatus has two parts, i.e. a blood flowing system in which the blood is separated by means of porous hollow fibers provided in a container and the purified plasma is mixed into the blood stream through the hollow fibers, and a plasma flowing path in which the separated plasma is circulated and purified at a plasma purifying device provided on the way of the path. The apparatus has a simple structure and can be operated without any specific cares and difficulty. The apparatus is free from any problems, for instance, hemolysis, fiber blockage, mixing of the purifier particles into blood, and the like.

Apparatus for purifying blood

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Takasago, Japan

Satoshi Takata