OSTEOCLAST REMOVING FILTER AND OSTEOCLAST REMOVING DEVICE

• Main Authors: HAKAMAZUKA KOJI, TEI KINGAN, NAITO YUKIKO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.10.2011
• Subjects: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To selectively remove osteoclasts from within blood by selectively adhering the osteoclasts included in blood to β-TCP within a channel in a carrier and capturing the osteoclasts in the carrier when the blood is made to flow in the channel in the carrier.SOLUTION: An osteoclast removing filter 1 includes the carrier 8 having the channel through which the blood can flow. The carrier 8 retains β-tricalcium phosphate at least on the surface of the channel. An osteoclast removing device includes a blood circuit for circulating the blood within the living body to the outside of the living body, and the osteoclast removing filter 1 disposed on the way of the blood circuit. With this structure, the osteoclasts included in the blood selectively adhere to β-TCP within the channel to be captured in the carrier 8.