US 11,911,551 B2
Method for treating drug intoxication
Robert S. Ward, Orinda, CA (US); and Keith R. McCrea, Concord, CA (US)
Assigned to ExThera Medical Corporation, Martinez, CA (US)
Filed by ExThera Medical Corporation, Martinez, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 28, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/006,163.
Application 17/006,163 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/446,822, filed on Mar. 1, 2017, granted, now 10,786,615.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/302,329, filed on Mar. 2, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0008269 A1, Jan. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 1/36 (2006.01); B01J 20/20 (2006.01); B01J 20/26 (2006.01); B01J 20/28 (2006.01); B01J 20/32 (2006.01); B01D 15/38 (2006.01); B01J 20/24 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 1/3679 (2013.01) [B01D 15/3828 (2013.01); B01J 20/20 (2013.01); B01J 20/24 (2013.01); B01J 20/264 (2013.01); B01J 20/28019 (2013.01); B01J 20/28023 (2013.01); B01J 20/3274 (2013.01); A61M 2202/0014 (2013.01); A61M 2202/049 (2013.01); A61M 2202/0413 (2013.01); B01J 2220/46 (2013.01); B01J 2220/4806 (2013.01); B01J 2220/4825 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
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1. A method for treating drug intoxication or removing a toxin in a subject in need thereof, said method comprising:
contacting a whole blood sample containing a calcium ion (Ca++) concentration from a subject suffering from drug intoxication or other intoxication with an adsorption media comprising a combination of activated carbon and a substrate having at least one polysaccharide adsorbent to form a cleansed sample, wherein the at least one polysaccharide adsorbent is a member selected from the group consisting of heparin and heparan sulfate; and infusing the cleansed sample into the subject, wherein the cleansed sample comprise a near constant calcium ion (Ca++) concentration.