Inventors:
George M. Haik Jr. - New Orleans LA, US
International Classification:
A61M 1/34, C07C 229/02
Abstract:
A kidney dialysis filter based on arginine attached to a cellulose polymer or a chitin polymer or a dendrimer polymer (or other nonsoluble carrier polymer—large enough that they will not go from dialysis machine to patient by going through the filtration membrane or by dissolving and entering the blood stream of the patient—or a non-biological oligomer), a kidney dialysis machine using the filter, and a method of producing the filter by, for example, attaching an arginyl grouping or moiety to a cellulose polymer or a chitin polymer or a dendrimer polymer (or other nonsoluble carrier polymer or a non-biological oligomer as mentioned above), can all be used to help prevent biological damage which might be caused by toxic carbonyl containing compounds and/or dicarbonyl containing compounds.