Engineering aspects of extracorporeal photochemotherapy.
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.
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THERAKOS Inc., A Johnson & Johnson Company, West Chester, Pennsylvania 19380.
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D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods; D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation; D011701:PUVA Therapy; D014467:Ultraviolet Therapy / Q000379:methods