Terumo Bct, Inc.

Mark E Hillam

Dennis J Hlavinka

Frank Corbin, Iii

Rajesh Pareta

Charles L Hake

Davis Benz

Bruce S Ellingboe

Anne Baker Oram

Tanner J Ladtkow

John Pittinger

Taylor Polodna

Peter O'Brien

Pierre R Emeric

Evan C Provan

Jason Clem

Drew Parker

Dennis Bebie

Dave Gibbons

David Gibbons

Frank Iii Corbin

A soft cassette includes a body including a flexible material and first and second component. The body defines first and second lumens and first and second chambers. The first lumen extends between first and second ends. The first chamber is in the first lumen such that fluid passing through the first lumen passes through the first chamber. The second lumen is fluidly connected to the first lumen at a first junction between the first end and the first chamber and a second junction between the second end and the first chamber such that fluid passing through the second lumen bypasses the first chamber. The second chamber is in the second lumen. The first component is on a first side of the second chamber and includes a first ferromagnetic metal or magnet. The second component is on a second side of the second chamber and includes a second ferromagnetic metal magnet.

Soft cassette with integrated features

A modular serviceability sled includes a frame, subassembly, interconnection, gasket, and shielding component. The interconnection is operatively connected to the subassembly and includes an electrical, pneumatic, and/or hydraulic connection. The gasket can engage the frame and a base assembly of an apparatus. The shielding component can contact the frame and the base assembly and includes an electromagnetic interference and/or radio frequency shielding component. The sled is movable between an engaged state and a disengaged state. In the engaged state, the sled is at least partially within a receiving space of the apparatus, the gasket engages the frame and the base assembly, the shielding component contacts the frame and the base assembly, and the interconnection is operatively connected to a machine interconnection of the apparatus. In the disengaged state, the interconnection is disconnected from the machine interconnection and the sled is configured to freely move with respect to the base assembly.

Modular serviceability sleds and interconnections

Soft cassette

Apheresis device

Embodiments of methods, systems, and apparatuses for lyophilizing, storing, and transfusing materials are described. In embodiments, the materials may include whole blood or a component of whole blood such as plasma.

Lyophilization

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Wheat Ridge, CO, United States of America

Mark E Hillam