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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas B Okarma, Palo Alto, CA (US);
John Blankenship, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abraham T Lin, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Mohammad A Elkalay, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Applied Immune Sciences, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ; A61K / ; A01N / ; B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 7808 ; 424724 ; 530811 ; 422 48 ;
Abstract
This invention provides a composition, device and method for the treatment or prevention of septic shock syndrome or other conditions evidenced by the presence of cytokines in a patient by contacting the patient's whole blood with a composition comprising silica and a surface treatment material, such as heparin, but preferably human serum albumin (HSA). The treatment lowers the cytokine concentration of the blood.