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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2001
Filed:
May. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Chapman, Lake Villa, IL (US);
Jerry Fisher, Wadsworth, IL (US);
Assignee:
Baxter International Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 6/114 ; B01D 2/126 ; A61M 1/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 6/114 ; B01D 2/126 ; A61M 1/34 ;
Abstract
Methods for reducing or preventing the transmission of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy through blood or blood products are provided. The methods require the intact removal of leukocytes that are present in a blood product or an intermediate of a blood product prior to administering the blood product to a patient. To prevent or reduce the transmission of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies disease substantially all leukocytes are removed intact without significant lysis of such leukocytes.