Toray Industries, Inc.

Totaro Oka

Kazuo Teramoto

Shiro Nishiumi

Toru Tani

Masashi Kodama

Kazuyoshi Hanazawa

The present invention provides (1) an endotoxin detoxifying material comprising a fibrous carrier to which Polymyxin is fixed, (2) an endotoxin detoxifying material comprising a carrier to which Polymyxin and a basic nitrogen atom are fixed, and (3) a method of removing endotoxin from a fluid by contacting the fluid with the endotoxin detoxifying material comprising a carrier to which Polymyxin is fixed. The present invention makes it possible to contact blood with Polymixin directly and safely and gives a new method of therapy endotoxemia or prophylaxis of endotoxemia.

Endotoxin detoxifying material

The present invention provides (1) an endotoxin detoxifying material comprising a fibrous carrier to which Polymyxin is fixed, (2) an endotoxin detoxifying material comprising a carrier to which Polymyxin and a basic nitrogen atom are fixed, and (3) a method of removing endotoxin from a fluid by contacting the fluid with the endotoxin detoxifying material comprising a carrier to which Polymyxin is fixed. The present invention makes it possible to contact blood with Polymixin directly and safely and gives a new method of therapy of endotoxemia or prophylaxis of endotoxemia.

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