DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE EXTRACORPORE REMOVAL OF TOXINS, IN PARTICULAR CYTOKINS, ESPECIALLY FOR THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS AFFECTED BY ACUTE ORGANIC FAILURE
Effective removal of cytokines in acute patients is performed by first subjecting the blood for purification to ultrafiltration or plasmafiltration； subsequently feeding the ultrafiltrate or plasmafiltrate through an adsorption column wherein the adsorbent material is uncoated activated carbon and/or hydrophobic or ion-exchange polystyrene resins, such as AMBERLITE TM , AMBERCHROM TM , AMBERSORB TM , commonly used in the food industry； and then adding the purified ultrafiltrate or plasmafiltrate to the eluate recovered downstream from the ultrafilter or plasmafilter； preferably, the ultrafiltrate or plasmafiltrate is subjected to a double adsorption step, first through a column of activated carbon, and then through a column packed with hydrophobic or ion-exchange resin. <；IMAGE>；
