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I wonder if a simpler model could be done. When donating plasma your blood is cycled through some machine that removes the plasma and then your red blood cells
by Consultant32452 7y ago
I wonder if a simpler model could be done. When donating plasma your blood is cycled through some machine that removes the plasma and then your red blood cells are pumped back into your body. It's about the same as donating blood as far as pain/invasiveness. While it would take some doing, it seems pumping your blood around a UV light source has GOT to be simpler than removing the plasma. Yes, you still have to make the machine, but intuitively it doesn't seem super complicated.
- numpad0 7y agoMore like dialysis I think?
- LorenPechtel 7y agoMake the machine? Take an ordinary plasma donation machine, insert a UV irradiation gizmo into the blood path somewhere. Obviously not ideal but it could be built much faster.
- Consultant32452 7y agoThat should work as long as you can reasonably disable the plasma collection bit. If you're sick you probably want to keep that.