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• the present invention relates to a hollow fiber capillary membrane and to a method for the production thereof and to the use thereof, in particular in hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, for upgrading the dialysate.
• Capillary membranes of different compositions are known in particular because of their increasing use in dialysis technology.
• the use and the production of membranes, in particular of capillary membranes in the dialysis technique, is described, for example, in the publication by Samtleben and Lysaght in: Hörl et al. Replacement of Renal Function by Dialysis 5th ed., Kluwer, 2004, pp. 709-724.
• hollow fiber nozzles For the production of capillary membranes, in particular by means of the phase inversion method, so-called hollow fiber nozzles are often used.
• the hollow fiber membrane In the production of a hollow fiber membrane by means of a hollow fiber nozzle, the hollow fiber membrane is produced in a so-called precipitation spinning process, wherein the designed tonden polymers escape from an annular gap of a nozzle assembly, while the corresponding precipitant from a central Klallungsstoffbohrung emanates.
• a hollow fiber nozzle of the type mentioned is disclosed, for example, in DE 10211051 A1.
• WO 00/78437 discloses a supported hollow fiber membrane in which the carrier layer consists of spun polymer fibers which give the overall fiber increased durability and resistance to abrasion and traction during their use in microfiltration or ultrafiltration. On this support structure is applied a polymer film in which particles of calcined alpha alumina are dispersed.
• US 2007/0213665 discloses a portable kidney comprising a cartridge for regenerating the dialysate during kidney dialysis.
• a membrane of a composite material is arranged, which consists of a polysulfone layer on which an unspecified cellulose acetate is coated.
• EP 418 432 A1 discloses a supported hydrophilic
• Composite membrane in which Cuproammonium regenerated cellulose on a support layer of, for example, polypropylene, polyvinylidene fluoride, etc. is deposited.
• Cuproammonium regenerated cellulose is non-chemically derivatized cellulose in its natural state.
• the coating of the hollow fiber membrane is not on the inside but on its outer surface.
• US 4,276,172 discloses an uncoated cellulase membrane for hemodialysis using Cuproammonium cellulose containing at least one dialkylaminocellulose-containing layer. Problems arise with respect to the strength of the composite of the layers with each other. The pores of the membrane described therein are so large that they are non-specific to low molecular weight organic compounds or cations with urea. The inner wall thicknesses of the inside layer of such a membrane is 10-50% of the total wall thickness of the hollow fiber membrane.
• EP 286 091 B1 discloses a polysulfone hollow fiber membrane which is coated with a solution of ethyl cellulose for use in fluid separation in industrial processes.
• EP 359 834 B1 likewise describes multilayer hollow-fiber membranes of polysulfone and cellulose acetate layers, cellulose acetate being applied by precipitation from solution to the already finished (preformed) polysulfone hollow fiber for use in industrial processes.
• the US 5,156,740 further discloses a composite membrane consisting of a non-porous separating layer of crosslinked polyvinyl alcohol and a carrier layer of polysulfone for use in Pervaporations psychologist.
• the dialysate loaded with uremic toxins can be regenerated using adsorbent materials to minimize the consumption of high purity dialysate solutions, eg, to provide portable dialysis systems. It is also usual that the dialysate is discarded. The daily amount of about 20 to 30 g of urea in the human metabolism are consumed for the most part by the adsorber materials used.
• Cation exchangers are typically used either in the aqueous phase or, as described above in the prior art, hollow fiber capillary membranes with selective permeability to urea, which is advantageous in particular in portable dialysis systems in the upgrading of dialysate (US 2007/0213665 A1).
• US 2007/0213665 A1 the aforementioned systems leads to an unsatisfactory
• the membrane should have a selective separation of urea from monovalent or divalent metal cations, ie in particular for the human organism essential alkali and alkaline earth cations.
• this membrane should in particular have low layer thicknesses of the selection layer in order to prevent the
• the object of the present invention is achieved by a supported composite hollow fiber membrane comprising a coextrudate of a carrier layer and a selection layer.
• the selection layer is either arranged on the lumen side or on the outer surface.
• co-extrudate means that the carrier layer and the selection layer have been produced simultaneously by a coextrusion process known per se to the person skilled in the art and that both layers together form a solid composite (composite).
• the coextrudate from the carrier layer and the selection layer allows the simultaneous production of the carrier and the selection layer in a single process step and leads to a mechanically strong bond between the carrier layer and the selection layer.
• selection layer means that for at least one selected substance this layer consists of one (liquid) Mixture is selectively permeable and is impermeable to other substances of the composition.
• the use of a co-extrudate allows the formation of extremely thin layers of less than 800 nm. The efficiency of the separation is thereby increased.
• the thin layers according to the present invention result in that the diffusion paths of the compounds to be separated can be minimized.
• the wall thickness of the selection layer is preferably 2-5% of the total wall thickness of the hollow-fiber membrane.
• the selection layer is urea selective, i. permeable only to urea, especially to alkali and
• Alkaline earth metal ions such as Na +, K +, Ca 2+, Mg 2+, etc., which can not pass through this layer so that the hollow fiber membrane of the invention can be particularly preferably used in the dialysate for hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. It is understood that the lowest, below or at the detection limit amounts of these cations can also diffuse through.
• Selection layer is according to the invention in the range of 100 nm to 5 .mu.m, preferably in the range of 200 to 800 nm, in particular from 300 to 600 nm, most preferably the layer thickness is about 500 nm, so that minimizes the diffusion paths, for example of urea or other uncharged compounds can be, since thereby the transport rate of the urea is optimized.
• the wall thickness of the selection layer depends on two opposing conditions. High selectivity is caused by a greater thickness of the selective layer. At the same time, as the thickness of the selective layer increases, so does the diffusion distance, so that the separation process slows down and becomes less effective. According to the invention, therefore, the optimum layer thickness is in the above-mentioned range, so that neither selectivity nor diffusion are too limited.
• the selection layer consists of an esterified cellulose, very particularly preferably of an acetylcellulose.
• Acetylcellulose typically refers to cellulose esters which are prepared industrially by reacting pulp with acetic anhydride in acetic acid or methylene chloride using strong acids in discontinuous processes. Typically, initially completely acetylated products (triacetates containing acetyl groups or bound acetic acid of 44.8 and 62.5%, respectively) are formed. It is also possible to use esters with other acyl radicals, e.g. Propionyl or butyryl esters.
• mixed esters having different acyl groups such as acetyl, propionyl, butyryl, longer chain or branched acyl groups may be used.
• acyl groups such as acetyl, propionyl, butyryl, longer chain or branched acyl groups
• acetyl-butyrylcelluslose esters or propionyl-butyrylcellulose esters may be used.
• acetylcelluloses or mixed-esterified celluloses in the context of the present invention have degrees of acylation or esterification of from 0.5 to 3, more preferably from 2 to 3.
• An acylation degree of 3 corresponds, for example, to cellulose triacetate
• an acylation degree of 2 corresponds, for example, to Cellulose diacetate.
• the average degree of acylation indicates how many acyl residues per repeat unit are bound on average to the free OH groups of the cellulose.
• the selection layer typically has a urea permeability in the range of 10 to 80 g per day and m 2 , most preferably between 11 to 60 g per day and m 2 .
• Sodium permeabilities that is permeabilities for monovalent charged cations exhibit
• the selection layer used according to the invention is impermeable to divalent cations, such as Ca.sup.2 + , Mg.sup.2 + etc., within the scope of the usual measuring accuracy.
• the selection layer is typically a dense, non-porous layer.
• pore-free is to be understood as meaning that the selection layer has an exclusion limit compared with relatively high molecular weight substances due to its volume. This exclusion limit is preferably effective even at the lowest possible volumes, so that only monomolecular Due to their size, substances are able to penetrate into the selection layer.
• the sodium chloride permeability or generally the permeability for monovalent cations changes with the change in the degree of acylation or degree of esterification. For example, as the degree of esterification increases, sodium retention is also improved.
• the extremely thin layers of the selective layer according to the invention are mechanically unstable, so that a carrier layer is required. These and the presence as co-extrudate lead to an increased mechanical strength of the composite hollow fiber membrane according to the invention compared with the known composite membranes of the prior art.
• the material of the carrier layer is preferably selected from polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), polyethersulfone (PES), polyetherimide (PEI) polyamide (PA), polycarbonate (PC), polystyrene (PS), polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polyacrylonitrile (PAN ), Polyimide (PI), polysulfone (PSU) and / or polyurethane (PU) and mixtures thereof.
• PVP polyvinylpyrrolidone
• PES polyethersulfone
• PEI polyetherimide
• PA polyamide
• PC polycarbonate
• PS polystyrene
• PMMA polymethyl methacrylate
• PVDF polyvinylidene fluoride
• PAN polyacrylonitrile
• PI polyimide
• PSU polysulfone
• PU polyurethane
• the material of the carrier layer It is important in the selection of the material of the carrier layer that a sufficiently high permeability and hydrophilicity of the carrier layer is present, so that along the comparatively long transport path through the carrier layer no or only a small diffusion resistance caused by the passing compound, for example urea.
• Preferred material of the carrier layer according to the invention is polysulfone, polyvinylpyrrolidone and mixtures thereof, since the conditions for the preparation of, for example, polysulfone membranes are sufficiently well studied and different levels of permeability can be set in a targeted manner by known process parameters. Very particular preference is therefore given to polysulfone, optionally with an addition of PVP, which, due to its good thermodynamic compatibility, can be cast, for example with polyurethane, into fiber bundles (module) for microfiltration systems.
• the thickness of the carrier layer is typically in the range from 20 to 50 .mu.m, preferably in the range from 30 to 40 .mu.m, which, as stated above, can be achieved particularly well with polysulphone.
• Typical values for the inner diameter of the hollow-fiber capillary membrane according to the invention are 20 ⁇ m to 1 mm and the total wall thickness of the hollow-fiber capillary membrane is 20 to 100 ⁇ m.
• the object of the present invention is further achieved by a process for producing a hollow-fiber membrane according to the invention, comprising the steps of
• the Spinnmasseting A is a solution of an esterified cellulose and the Spinnmasses B a solution containing a polymer selected from the group consisting of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), polyethersulfone (PES), polyetherimide (PEI) polyamide ( PA), polycarbonate (PC), polystyrene (PS), polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), polyacrylonitrile (PAN), polyimide (PI), polysulfone (PSU) and / or polyurethane (PU) and mixtures thereof; b) dividing the precipitation bath temperature to 40 to 95 0 C; c) contacting the dope solutions A and B via a hollow fiber die with an internal precipitant; and d) coagulating and precipitating the extrudate consisting of the substances dissolved in the dope solutions A and B.
• PVP polyvinylpyrrolidone
• PES polyethersulfone
• the thickness of the coextrudate or of the two layers forming the coextrudate can be adjusted in a targeted manner, so that a high urea permeability for the
• the material of the carrier layer consists of polysulfone, polyvinylpyrrolidone or mixtures thereof. Most preferably, the material of the carrier layer of polysulfone.
• the viscosity of spin solution A containing cellulose acetate is from about 10,000 to about 17,000 mPas (as determined by a Haake rotary micrometer (VTSSO) and the measuring cup system (MV-ST)).
• the viscosity is typically obtained by containing from 25 to 40% by weight of cellulose acetate in, for example, dimethylacetamide.
• the viscosity of spin solution B containing the polymer for the support layer is typically in the range of 7,000 to 13,000 mPas.
• water is used as inner precipitant in the process according to the invention at a spinning speed of 200 to 400 mm / s.
• Water is used as the precipitant in the precipitation bath itself
• Water functions as a so-called "hard” precipitant, which causes the membrane to increase on the inside Impermeability to monovalent or divalent cations, such as Sodium, potassium, magnesium or calcium.
• a so-called "hard” precipitant which causes the membrane to increase on the inside Impermeability to monovalent or divalent cations, such as Sodium, potassium, magnesium or calcium.
• monovalent or divalent cations such as Sodium, potassium, magnesium or calcium.
• the precipitation is carried out so that is precipitated with water from outside to inside, with a pore gradient from the inside (typically no pores) to the outside (large pores) is obtained.
• the spinning block temperature is preferably set at a temperature from 5 to 90 0 C and the precipitation bath to a range of 40 to 95 0 C, preferably about 40 ° C, since it is a co-extrudate is obtained which has a selective layer, the increased retentivity for monovalent or divalent cations and still has an extremely high Urea permeability has.
• Preferred block temperatures are in the range of 5 to 40 0 C.
• the present invention further relates to a hollow fiber membrane obtainable by an inventive
• Membrane filters according to the invention are particularly preferably used in nano- and ultrafiltration separation processes, very particularly preferably in dialysis processes, e.g. in hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, in particular for the treatment of dialysate.
• the membrane according to the invention moreover has a good permeability to sugar molecules, e.g. Having glucose.
• the membrane of the invention may preferably be used in the separation of glucose from reaction mixtures, e.g. find use in bioethanol production.
• FIG. 1 an SEM image of a cryobuster through a two-layer composite fiber according to the invention consisting of a coextrudate;
• Figure 2 an enlargement of the SEM image of the cryoblock from Fig. 1.
• a hollow fiber according to the invention is produced by the so-called phase inversion method.
• First, two spin mass solutions A and B are prepared.
• the first spin mass solution A contains the material for the lumen-side selection layer of the hollow-fiber membrane and the second spin mass solution B contains the material for the carrier layer.
• the spin solution solution for the carrier layer (the outer layer) consists of 20 wt .-% Udel 3500 polysulfone and 5 wt .-% polyvinylpyrrolidone K90 and 1 wt .-% water, which are dissolved in dimethylacetamide.
• the viscosity of this solution was about 11,500 mPas.
• the dope for the lumen-side selection layer consisted of 30% by weight of cellulose diacetate having a molecular weight of 29 kD and an acetyl content of 40% (available from Sigma / Aldrich). This was dissolved in dimethylacetamide with stirring. The viscosity of this solution was about 15,000 mPas.
• the hollow fiber After exiting the spinning block, the hollow fiber passed through an air gap of about 250 mm before it dipped into a water-filled precipitation bath with a temperature of about 42 0 C. Subsequently, the composite hollow fiber thus obtained was rinsed in a rinsing bath, which was heated to 75 0 C. The feed rate of the fiber was 250 mm / s.
• the hollow fiber thus obtained was then dried at about 95 0 C.
• the coagulation bath and rinse bath volumes and feed rate were adjusted to provide a solvent-free regular hollow fiber.
• a bundle of hollow fibers consists of 2300 fibers with a total area of 0.4 m 2 .
• the fiber inside diameter was 200 ⁇ m.
• the fiber outer diameter was 261 ⁇ m.
• the thickness of the selection layer was about 500 nm.
• the fibers were molded into a housing and potted with polyurethane to form a module that was an independent Flow of fiber lumen and fiber outside was ensured.
• Such modules are typically known in the art from hemodialysis.
• Fig. 1 shows an SEM image at 250x magnification and Fig. 2 shows a section of Fig. 1 obtained at 20,000x magnification.
• break means that the hollow fiber membrane according to the invention was immersed in liquid nitrogen and subsequently broken by hand in the transverse direction.
• Example 1 The hollow fiber membrane obtained in Example 1 was subsequently evaluated for its ultrafiltration rate and its
• a pressure was applied on the lumen side at a temperature of 37 0 C and the amount of water that passes from the lumen side of the hollow fiber to the outside of the hollow fiber.
• the measured ultrafiltration rates of the membrane of Example 1 according to the invention were in the range of 0.1 to 0.3 [ml / h Torr m 2 ].
• urea and salt permeability 500-700 ml of a urea-containing saline solution containing 25 mM urea, 141 mM NaCl, 2.5 mM CaCl 2 , 249 mM glucose was recirculated through the hollow fiber at 50 ml / min ,
• the solution on the lumen side of the hollow fiber was in a pressure-tight closed container, so that the volume of the test solution could not change over the trial period.
• the permeability and selectivity of the membrane can be calculated.
• the coefficient of variation of the measurement was 1% for sodium, 3.5% for calcium and 1.8% for urea.
• urea is well separated by the hollow fiber membrane according to the invention, whereas sodium and calcium are largely retained.
• Permeations drowne carried out with pure gases.
• the hollow fiber was subjected to an overpressure of about 1 bar of the gas on the lumen side and the resulting gas flow was measured via the membrane.
• a typical result is shown in the following table.
• Table 2 Gas flow through the membrane according to the invention at room temperature and a pressure gradient across the membrane of 1 bar.

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