Terumo Bct, Inc.

Cobe Laboratories, Inc.

Terumo Bct Biotechnologies, LLC

Richard Alan Edrich

Bruce S Ellingboe

Thomas Pearce

Jaime Estrada

Victor D Dolecek

Glen Delbert Antwiler

Marc E Voorhees

Geert Van Waeg

Lloyd James Forrestal

Laura Goodrich

Yung-Ming Chen

A hybrid blood component storage bag having one side of the bag with a greater permeability than another side of the bag and the method of making such bag.

Hybrid blood component storage bag and method of making such bag

Centrifuge counter balance bag

Combined centrifuge balance bag and connector

Connector for a centrifuge balance bag

Methods, devices and device components are presented for uniformly treating fluids undergoing mixing with electromagnetic radiation. In one aspect, the present invention provides methods of treating a fluid undergoing continuous fluid mixing wherein net radiant energies necessary to provide uniform treatment of the fluid samples with electromagnetic radiation are calculate on the basis of the volume, mass or mixing rate of the fluid or any combination of these variables. In another aspect, the present invention provides algorithms for determining net radiation energies, radiant powers, and/or illumination times necessary for providing uniform treatment of fluid samples. The present invention provides methods for uniformly reducing pathogens in biological fluids, including blood and blood components.

Methods for uniformly treating biological samples with electromagnetic radiation

The biocompatibility of polymeric and metallic articles used in contact with blood can be substantially improved by coating the articles as described. The coating materials are triblock copolymers of the polylactone-polysiloxane-polylactone type. Optimum biocompatibility is provided by a coating of optimum surface concentration. Porous membranes can be coated as described, providing improved biocompatibility of blood oxygenators, hemodialyzers and the like.

Biocompatible coated article

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Denver, CO, United States of America

Richard Alan Edrich