Assessment of the association between increasing membrane pore size and endotoxin permeability using a novel experimental dialysis simulation set-up

Table 1 Characteristics of dialyzers

	Type	Sterilisation	Membrane Polymer	Effective Surface area (m²)	UF-coefficient (mL/H/mmHg)	Pore radius^a (nm)
Polyflux 17 L	Low flux	Steam	PAES/PVP/PA	1.7	12.5	3.1 ± 0.2
Revaclear 400	High flux	Steam	PAES/PVP	1.8	54.0	3.9 ± 0.1
Theranova 400	Medium cut off	Steam	PAES/PVP	1.7	48.0	5.0 ± 0.1
Theralite 2100	High cut off	Steam	PAES/PVP	2.1	52.0	10 ± 2

PAES polyarylethersulfone, PVP polyvinylpyrrolidone, PA polyamide, UF ultrafiltration ^aeffective Stokes-Einstein radius: calculated from molecular weight cut-off measured with polydisperse Dextrane

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