title: Therapeutic apheresis instrumentation.
abstract: This article provides a concise overview of therapeutic apheresis medicine instrumentation. Three instrument modalities are discussed: (1) centrifugation-based instruments, (2) extracorporeal photopheresis instruments (a subset of centrifugation-based instruments), and (3) column-based instruments.
authors: Blood Bank and Transfusion Medicine Services, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0286, USA. gwmd@virginia.edu
authors: Gay
authors: G
authors: Wehrli
mesh_terms: D001769:Blood; D001781:Blood Component Removal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D002498:Centrifugation / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D017893:Photopheresis / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D010949:Plasma; D013812:Therapeutics / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods