US PATENT SUBCLASS 424 / 140.1
.~ Extracorporeal or ex vivo removal of antibodies or immune complexes (e.g., removal of autoantibodies, etc.); or extracorporeal or ex vivo removal of antigen by antibodies (e.g., removal of cancer cells from bone marrow by antibodies, etc.)

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424 /   HD   DRUG, BIO-AFFECTING AND BODY TREATING COMPOSITIONS

130.1  DF  IMMUNOGLOBULIN, ANTISERUM, ANTIBODY, OR ANTIBODY FRAGMENT, EXCEPT CONJUGATE OR COMPLEX OF THE SAME WITH NONIMMUNOGLOBULIN MATERIAL {18}
140.1.~ Extracorporeal or ex vivo removal of antibodies or immune complexes (e.g., removal of autoantibodies, etc.); or extracorporeal or ex vivo removal of antigen by antibodies (e.g., removal of cancer cells from bone marrow by antibodies, etc.)

DEFINITION

Classification: 424/140.1

Extracorporeal or ex vivo removal of antibodies or immune complexes (e.g., removal of autoantibodies, etc.); or extracorporeal or ex vivo removal of antigen by antibodies (e.g., removal of cancer cells from bone marrow by antibodies, etc.):

(under subclass 130.1) Subject matter involving the removal from the body, via separation techniques conducted outside the body, of antibodies or immune complexes; or the removal from the body, via separation techniques conducted outside the body, of antigenic substances by antibodies.

(1) Note. Patents that claim treatment of blood and its return to the body should be classified in Class 604, subclasses 4+, wherein a specific detailed means for attaching a treating means to the patient is specifically claimed, or wherein said treating means includes a body sensing or monitoring means that controls the treating means, or wherein more than a nominal connection of a treating means to a patient is claimed, such as by the recitation of specific arteries or veins to be connected by a specific surgical connection.