title: Engineering aspects of extracorporeal photochemotherapy.
abstract: Photopheresis is a new extracorporeal photochemotherapy in which the patient's blood or certain blood fraction is exposed to light in the presence of a light-activatable drug. The major engineering elements involved for better system design and patient treatment, such as system model, cell separation, irradiation, and energy measurement, are discussed.
authors.affiliation: THERAKOS Inc., A Johnson & Johnson Company, West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380.
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Garro
mesh_terms: D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation; D011701:PUVA Therapy; D014467:Ultraviolet Therapy / Q000379:methods