However, this cytokine release can become uncontrolled — known as a cytokine storm — and lead to detrimental effects such as leakage from capillaries, tissue oedema, organ failure and shock.

Leveraging an immunomodulating technology, the SCD targets proinflammatory neutrophils and monocytes during CRRT, aiming to decrease the hyperinflammatory state, including the cytokine storm.

Diseases such as covid-19 and influenza can be fatal due to an overreaction of the body’s immune system called a cytokine storm. Cytokines are small proteins released by many different cells in ...