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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
May. 25, 1999
Michael Fausset, Lafayette, IN (US);
Glenn Keeling, McMurray, PA (US);
Marc Clupper, Hampstead, NC (US);
Brad Rainier, Noblesville, IN (US);
Viacirq, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and system for extracorporeal treatment utilizes a hemodialysis machine capable of heating dialysis fluid to 48° C., an optional parallel plate hemodialyzer together with a sorbent-based detoxifier, a tubular heat exchanger and a high flow pump—in addition to various probes and catheters—to effect extracorporeal treatment without adverse physiological effect and without the specific need for general anesthesia. The system inheres in the combined high flow of the pump-up to 2400 ml per minute—and the high temperature—52° C.—achievable in the heat exchanger, which together provide unprecedented speed and efficiency in the administration of hyperthemia treatments. The system is also a potentiating system in the administration of heat sensitive pharmaceutically active agents and is praticularly useful in the isolated anatomic areas of a patient.