Efficiency of Polymer Beads in the Removal of Heparin: Toward the Development of a Novel Reactor

Figures & data

Figure 1 Chemical structure of a single unit of unfractionated heparin (from [[3]]).

Figure 2 Schematic diagram of the standard curve obtained from [[7]].

Figure 3 Droplet generator.

Figure 4 Graph of heparin concentrations during the rate experiment using 8000 beads and 40 ml of 3 U/mL heparin solution.

Figure 5 Repeat experiments for 850 beads of 900 µm diameter and 23 mL of 3 U/mL of heparin solution.

Figure 6 Concentration of heparin in saline solution containing no beads.

Figure 7 Experimental data fitted to a first order adsorption process.

Figure 8 Comparison of rate experiments for different number of beads at 25°C.

Figure 9 Correlation of K-values to the number of beads.

Figure 10 Data points obtained from the rate experiments fitted to Freundlich Isotherm.

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