Apheresis platforms

Fresenius Medical Care is stepping up in apheresis ­— investing in technological advancement, simplifying complexity and responding to the handling needs of healthcare professionals.

APRΞD stands for Apheresis Pathogen Reduction Device. It has been designed to be fast, lean and smart, and to give healthcare professionals a modern and technologically advanced device for therapeutic apheresis.

APRΞD uses adsorbers and filters from the Fresenius Medical Care product range and is equipped with a wide range of features that were created to support the care team. Our new device aims to provide ease of handling — especially for team members that operate several devices simultaneously.

APRΞD allows individualized treatments for different patient needs:

• Whole blood lipoprotein apheresis (DALI Adsorber)
• Lipoprotein filtration with automated rinsing (MONET Plasma Fractionator)
• Plasma filtration for immunoadsorption (GLOBAFFIN) in combination with the adsorption monitor ADAsorb**

* Legal manufacturer of APRΞD is MEDICA S.P.A., Italy.
Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH is the exclusive distributor of APRΞD.
** Legal manufacturer of ADAsorb is medicap clinic GmbH, Germany.

Art Universal is a platform suitable for treatment with DALI 500 Adsorber, DALI 750 Adsorber and MONET Plasma Fractionator. Furthermore, it enables plasma separation for certain adsorption procedures, particulary those using the GLOBAFFIN adsorber.

The Art Universal machine is equipped with a whole-blood pump, an ACD‑A (citrate) anticoagulant pump, a plasma pump and an ancillary pump used for flushing and regenerating the MONET Plasma Fractionator (lipoprotein filter). The syringe pump is specifically intended for heparin anticoagulation.

The user interface is simple and effective. Several procedural steps are either automated or flagged up by prompts, thus simplifying handling and reducing user errors. Built-in process safety checks maintain high safety levels, monitoring that the machine is correctly set up.

Art Universal supports the following protocols and procedures:

• Whole blood apheresis (DALI Kits, available with four different adsorber configurations, software with two different protocol settings: DALI Standard and DALI Low Citrate)
• Plasma fractionation (MONET Plasma Fractionator), primarily used in lipoprotein filtration with automated, pressure-triggered rinsing of the plasma fractionator
• Plasma separation to supply adsorption procedures, particularly the GLOBAFFIN regenerable adsorber, which is controlled by a separate adsorption monitor (ADAsorb)
   

*** Art Universal is no longer manufactured. Spare parts are available.