Adsorption technology is indispensable in blood purification. Hemodialysis can remove various inflammatory mediators, cytokines and large, medium and small molecular toxins in blood by virtue of the characteristics of adsorption materials, being one of the assistant therapies to manage acute and critical patients with liver, kidney, blood and autoimmune diseases, poisoning and others. In this paper, we have reviewed recent progresses in the application of adsorption membrane materials and adsorption technology for blood purification.