| abstract |
The present invention provides a method useful for increasing the shelf life of blood, blood products or physiological fluids, maintaining freshness, and removing unwanted molecules using cross-linked polymeric materials with modified blood compatibility. A blood, blood preparation or physiological fluid is processed to (i) increase the shelf life of the blood, blood preparation or physiological fluid, (ii) freshness of the new blood, blood preparation or physiological fluid A method of providing at least one of maintenance, and (iii) removal of unwanted molecules from blood, blood products or physiological fluids, which comprises contacting the blood, blood products or physiological fluids with a sorbent. The sorbent is mainly in the form of a plurality of solids and the sorbent is a crosslinked polymeric material, which is bound to the surface of the crosslinked polymeric material (1) a zwitterionic moiety and (2) Included are crosslinked polymeric materials having at least one of oligo (ethylene glycol) moieties. 【Selection chart】 None |