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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2007
Shivanand Lad, Palo Alto, CA (US);
William C. Mobley, Stanford, CA (US);
Karoly Nikolich, Emerald Hill, CA (US);
Thomas Saul, El Granada, CA (US);
Shivanand Lad, Palo Alto, CA (US);
William C. Mobley, Stanford, CA (US);
Karoly Nikolich, Emerald Hill, CA (US);
Thomas Saul, El Granada, CA (US);
Neurofluidics, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides methods and systems for conditioning cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) by removing target compounds from CSF. A multilumen flow path allows exchange of a majority volume portion of CSF in the CSF space. The removal and/or delivery of specific compounds can be tailored to the pathology of the specific disease. The removal is targeted and specific, for example, through the use of specific size-exclusion thresholds, antibodies against specific toxins, and other chromatographic techniques, as well as delivery and/or removal of targeted therapeutic agents.