%0 journal article %@ 0391-3988 %A Luetzow, K.,Albrecht, W.,Weigel, T.,Seifert, B.,Groth, T.,Lendlein, A. %D 2005 %J International Journal of Artificial Organs %N 5 %P 537 %T Development of novel poly (ether imide) particles for the adsorption of proteins from plasma %U 5 %X Aim of this work is the development of novel adsorber particles for extracorporal immunoadsorption which are superior to the existing adsorbers considering porosity, pore size, and compression stability. Poly(ether imide) was chosen as the matrix material because it can be steam sterilized and can be modified covalently with nucleophiles in order to bind the affinity ligands.