DIRECT HEMOPERFUSION ADSORBER PACKED WITH ADSORBENT HAVING WATER-INSOLUBLE MICROPARTICLES REMOVED THEREFROM, AND METHOD OF OBTAINING DIRECT HEMOPERFUSION ADSORBER PACKED WITH ADSORBENT HAVING WATER-INSOLUBLE MICROPARTICLES REMOVED THEREFROM

摘要

The present invention has its object to provide a direct hemoperfusion adsorber packed with an adsorbent made by using a water-insoluble carrier having a relatively readily available particle size distribution, with water-insoluble microparticles having been removed therefrom, without needing any special granulation apparatus or coating apparatus, and method of obtaining a direct hemoperfusion adsorbent having water-insoluble microparticles removed therefrom. Now, a direct hemoperfusion adsorber has been obtained that is packed with an adsorbent having a number average particle diameter of not smaller than 300 µm but not larger than 600 µm, with the coefficient of variance in particle diameter distribution being not lower than 10% but not higher than 20%, and having water-insoluble microparticles removed therefrom to a safe level, without the loss of the adsorbent, by using a water-insoluble microparticle-removing-mesh such that the ratio of the mesh opening size for removing water-insoluble microparticles to the mesh opening size of the adsorber is not lower than 1.3 but not higher than 1.5.