{"title":"High efficiency plasmapheresis using rotating membrane device.","authors":"G Beaudoin, M Y Jaffrin","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report here an experimental investigation of the effects of inlet blood pressure and rotation speed on the performance of a rotating membrane device for plasmapheresis commercialized by Hemascience. The good performance of this device can be explained by a combination of high shear rate, centrifugation of red cells and platelets away from the membrane and large secondary flows.</p>","PeriodicalId":77869,"journal":{"name":"Life support systems : the journal of the European Society for Artificial Organs","volume":"5 3","pages":"273-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1987-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Life support systems : the journal of the European Society for Artificial Organs","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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We report here an experimental investigation of the effects of inlet blood pressure and rotation speed on the performance of a rotating membrane device for plasmapheresis commercialized by Hemascience. The good performance of this device can be explained by a combination of high shear rate, centrifugation of red cells and platelets away from the membrane and large secondary flows.