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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1987
Masashi Kodama, Kusatsu, JP;
Toru Tani, Kusatsu, JP;
Kazuyoshi Hanazawa, Nagahama, JP;
Totaro Oka, Shiga, JP;
Kazuo Teramoto, Otsu, JP;
Shiro Nishiumi, Kusatsu, JP;
Toray Industries, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
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.