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Table 1 Characteristics of investigated blood purification devices

From: In vitro comparison of the adsorption of inflammatory mediators by blood purification devices

Device

Membrane material

Structure

Sterilization mode

oXiris (Baxter)

Copolymer of AN69-coated with PEI and unfractionated heparin

Hollow fiber, symmetric

EtO

Toraymyxin (Toray Industries)

PS-based composite woven fiber with immobilized polymyxin B

Woven fibers

Steam

CytoSorb (CytoSorbents)

PSDVB copolymer beads, which are highly porous and covered with PVP

Microporous beads

Gamma Irradiation

  1. Abbreviations: AN69 acrylonitrile and methalylsulfonate, EtO ethylene oxide, PEI polyethylenimine, PSDVB polystyrene divinylbenzene, PS polystyrene, PVP polyvinylpyrrolidone