In vitro and in vivo tests of nanoporous membrane coated with biocompatible fluorine-doped diamond-like carbon for hemofiltration treatment

Autor: Yoshihiko Kanno, Tetsuya Suzuki, Masamitsu Nakayama, Norihisa Miki, Takashi Ota
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: 2018 IEEE Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS).
DOI: 10.1109/memsys.2018.8346575
Popis: In this report, we experimentally investigated the blood hemofiltration capacity of a nanoporous dialysis membrane (poly(ether sulfone), PES) whose surface was modified with fluorine-doped diamond-like carbon(f-DLC). Surface modification of the nanoporous membrane without clogging the nanopores is challenging. In vitro experiments revealed that the modified membrane successfully exhibited water permeability of one-tenth of the untreated. In vivo experiments with ultra-small hemofiltration devices composed of f-DLC PES membranes using SD rats were also conducted for the first time. The results proved that the f-DLC coated PES membrane can be used for hemofiltration, which will extend the lifetime of microfluidics-based implantable artificial kidney.
Databáze: OpenAIRE