Inventors:
David G. Greenberg - Phoenix AZ, US
Scott Puritz - Chevy Chase MD, US
Tatiana Koutchma - Countryside IL, US
Juan N. Walterspiel - Belmont CA, US
Assignee:
Somerset Group Enterprises, Inc. - Bethesda MD
International Classification:
A61K 33/38, A61K 31/7056, A61K 38/12, A61K 31/7052, A61K 31/00, B03C 1/02, C12Q 1/18, A61M 1/02, B01D 37/00, B01D 43/00, B01D 61/24, B01D 15/00, A61K 31/4164, A61P 31/04
US Classification:
424618, 514398, 514 24, 514 29, 514 29, 435 32, 422 44, 210696, 210698, 494 37, 210646, 210660, 210695
Abstract:
Extracorporeal systems and methods for treating blood-borne diseases in a subject or for developing drugs to treat blood-borne diseases include various environmental and treatment modules that can be tailored to a specific disease or infection. In certain embodiments of the systems and methods, a blood sample is treated with hydrostatic pressure, a pulsed electrical field, a pharmaceutical agent, microwave, centrifugation, sonification, radiation, or a combination thereof, under environmental conditions that are effective for the treatment.