title: Comparison of polyamide and polypropylene membranes for plasma separation.
abstract: Plasma separation experiments were made with polyamide experimental prototype hollow-fiber plasma filters with surface areas between 0.025 m2 and 0.1090 m2 using bovine blood collected in acid citrate dextrose (ACD). The maximum filtration velocity rose with the wall shear rate gamma w as gamma w 0.72 +/- 0.02 and decreased with the length of fiber L as L-0.41 with a correlation coefficient of 0.97 +/- 0.02. The results were similar to those with polypropylene fibers. We also investigated the occurrence of hemolysis as a function of shear rate and transmembrane pressure. The free hemoglobin concentration of filtered plasma was checked using a U.V. spectrophotometer. It was concluded that polyamide membrane filters can be safely used for plasma separation from blood.
authors.affiliation: University of Technology of Compiegne, URA CNRS 858, Dept. of Biological Engineering, France.
authors.forename: B B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Jaffrin
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Baurmeister
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D005374:Filtration; D006461:Hemolysis; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D009757:Nylons; D010949:Plasma; D010956:Plasmapheresis; D011126:Polypropylenes
chemical_list: D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D009757:Nylons; D011126:Polypropylenes