Owner Transvivo, Inc.

Inventors Peters, Harold, W.; Gorsuch, Reynolds, G.; Handley, Harold, H, JR.

Agent Davies Collison Cave

Pub. Number AU-B-2002335069

PCT Number PCT/US02/33173

PCT Pub. Number WO2003/033054

Priority 09/981,783 17.10.01 US; 10/219,082 13.08.02 US

Filing date 15 October 2002

Wipo publication date 28 April 2003

Acceptance publication date 29 May 2008

A61M 1/18 (2006.01) Suction or pumping devices for medical purposes

A61M 1/02 (2006.01) Suction or pumping devices for medical purposes - Blood transfusion apparatus

A61M 1/16 (2006.01) Suction or pumping devices for medical purposes - with membranes

A61M 1/36 (2006.01) Suction or pumping devices for medical purposes - Other treatment of blood in a by-pass of the natural circulatory system, e.g. temperature adaptation, irradiation

A61M 25/00 (2006.01) Catheters

B01D 39/16 (2006.01) Filtering material for liquid or gaseous fluids - of organic material, e.g. synthetic fibres

B01D 61/14 (2006.01) Processes of separation using semi-permeable membranes, e.g. dialysis, osmosis or ultrafiltration - Ultrafiltration

B01D 63/02 (2006.01) Apparatus in general for separation processes using semi-permeable membranes - Hollow fibre modules

B01D 63/12 (2006.01) Apparatus in general for separation processes using semi-permeable membranes

A61M 1/34 (2006.01) Suction or pumping devices for medical purposes - Filtering material out of the blood by passing it through a membrane, i.e. hemofiltration, diafiltration