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w-Membrane Structure by "Sophisticated Pore Controlling Technology" "FILTRYZER" is made with Polymethylmethacrylate (PAMAA) membrane and TORAY is the only manufacturer which suc- ceeded in developing it as a dialysis membrane. FILTRYZER was introduced in 1 977 and it has enjoyed a good repu- tation all over the world due to its excellent biocompatibility, high removal performance, wide range of UFR, and unique adsorption characteristics for various proteins. The membrane consists of 2 kinds of polymers, isotactic PMMA (iso-PMMA) and syndiotactic PMMA (syn-PMMA). These polymers form the stereocomplex...

The time course of complement fragment C3a, white blood cell count and platelet count. Modified from Touma S, Kidney & Dialysis, Suppl ,132-134, 1997 several cytokines [in vitro] Excellent biocompatibility Touma studied the biocompatibility of BG-U (BG) membrane based upon the time course of complement fragment C3a, WBC count and platelet count in comparison with cellulose tri-acetate membrane, FB, and the previous As shown by the blue line, the changes on these biocompatibility parameters of BG were more stable than that of FB and almost the same as BK-U. So the biocompatibility of BG membrane...

Excellent Clinical Benefits to Renal Failure Patients Kuramochi and Shima J Artif Organs 4 ; Cross over 3 Q PMMA (BG-U) membrane-► Conventional membrane Conventional membrane Kato A et al, Artificial Organs Post After incubation without fibers Yamada S. et al., Kidney and Dialysis, particles in HD patients over hemodialysis In HD patients, the positive rate of anti-HCV antibody seems to be high. However the number of HCV RNA in blood is lower compared to the above rate of antibody.. Furthermore, the symptomatic liver failure is not so frequently observed. It may be due to extracorporial treatment...

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