| Abstract: | Guest Editor's Introduction: This paper was presented at the first plasmapheresis symposium organized by the International Society for Artificial Organs and the International Center for Artificial Organs and Transplantation on April 3, 1982, Cleveland, Ohio. This paper was printed in the proceedings of this symposium: Plasmapheresis: Therapeutic Application and New Technologies, edited by Y. Nosé and PS Malchesky, JW Smith, and RS Krakauer, Raven Press, New York, 1983, p. 93–98. This is the first technical paper on the polymethylmethacryate (PMMA) plasma separator manufactured by Toray Medical Inc., Tokyo, Japan. The PMMA membranes had already been utilized as hemodialysis membranes. This paper deals with the PMMA hollow fiber plasma separator from its efficiency to filtrate plasma and for blood compatibility. |
