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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2005
David C. Bomberger, Belmont, CA (US);
Pablo E. Garcia, Redwood City, CA (US);
Eric Hegwer, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Thomas P. Low, Belmont, CA (US);
Ripudaman Malhotra, San Carlos, CA (US);
David C. Bomberger, Belmont, CA (US);
Pablo E. Garcia, Redwood City, CA (US);
Eric Hegwer, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Thomas P. Low, Belmont, CA (US);
Ripudaman Malhotra, San Carlos, CA (US);
Lipid Sciences, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);
Abstract
This invention is directed to systems and methods for removing lipids from a fluid, such as plasma, or from lipid-containing organisms. These systems contact a fluid with an extraction solvent, which causes the lipids in the fluid to separate from the fluid or causes lipids in the lipid-containing organisms to separate from the lipid-containing organism, using at least one hollow fiber contactor. The separated lipids are removed from the fluid. The extraction solvent is removed from the fluid or at least reduced to a level below a particular threshold enabling the fluid to be administered to a patient without the patient experiencing undesirable consequences. Once the fluid has been processed, the fluid may be administered to a patient who donated the fluid, to a different patient, or be stored.