| US 7,569,025 B2 | ||
| Methods and devices for treating severe peripheral bacterial infections | ||
| Tom L. Cantor, El Cajon, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Scantibodies Laboratory, Inc., Santee, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 01, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/405,974. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/369692, filed on Apr. 02, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0024343 A1, Feb. 05, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61M 37/00 (2006.01); C02F 1/44 (2006.01); A61K 9/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 604—5.04 [210/645; 210/690; 210/500.24; 424/489; 424/490; 424/164.1] | 26 Claims |
| 1. A device for treating a patient having a peripheral bacterial infection, wherein the device comprises:
at least one adsorption container having an inlet means and an outlet means, where the inlet means and outlet means allow
the patient's blood, in a whole or separated form, to be circulated through the adsorption container;
a first binding means associated with a solid support, wherein the first binding means is specific for affixing an infecting
bacterium that is causing the severe peripheral bacterial infection, and the solid support is disposed and confined within
the adsorption container;
thereby allowing for the removal of at least a portion of the infecting bacterium when the patient's blood is circulated through
the adsorption container.
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