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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:
Nov. 07, 1995
Filed:
Jul. 18, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Udipi R Shettigar, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
21032189 ; 21050023 ;
Abstract
A filter for use in the extracorporeal sampling of blood plasma is disclosed. The filter comprises a housing, an inlet, an outlet, and a sampling port and contains at least a hollow semi-permeable filter fiber through which blood plasma, but not whole blood, may pass. The filter may further comprise analyzing means in communication with the plasma which has passed through the filter fiber for analyzing the plasma. A method of using the filter and a method for making the component of the filter are also disclosed.