Baxter International Inc.

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Robert J Cantu

Kyungyoon Min

Richard I Brown

Douglas W Reitz

William Henry Cork, Iii

Daniel F Bischof

Christopher Staples

Robert I Brown

Russel Stinoff

A system to regulate breathing air of a plurality of sealing and locking helmets and a plurality of supplied air respirators producing a plurality of lower pressure air supply of a plurality of people simultaneously using air regulators, valves, pressure sensors and a temperature sensor that measures temperature in the air module. The system includes a plurality of temperature sensors of measuring temperature of environment around each person of one of the sealing and locking helmets or supplied air respirators, a gas analyzer, an air module processor to control the valves, receiving data from the pressure sensors, controlling lower pressure air supply and presenting data on a display with real time updates that are presented in less than a few milliseconds providing a continuously imported status that achieves safe entry in a hazardous area with fewer accidents by operators, cleaning crew, inspectors, welders, installers, and loaders.

System for automatically regulating breathing air supply and data logging

Blood processing systems and methods rotate a processing chamber on a rotating element. The processing chamber includes a first compartment and a second compartment. Blood is conveyed into the first compartment for centrifugal separation into components. A liquid free of blood occupies the second compartment to counter-balance the first compartment during rotation on the rotating element. In one embodiment, the second compartment is served by a single fluid flow access. Prior to use, the single access is coupled to tubing, through which a vacuum is drawn to remove air from the second compartment. While the vacuum exists, communication is opened between the tubing and a source of liquid. The vacuum draws the liquid into the second compartment through the single access, thereby priming the second compartment for use.

Blood processing system

Fluid processing systems and methods make use of a replenishable source containing a volume of a processing fluid that is dispensed during a processing period. A processor serves to sequentially pause and resume the processing period. The processor records weight values of the source at commencement of the processing period; upon pauses in the processing period; and upon resumptions of the processing period. At termination of the processing period, the processor generates a total volume value of processing fluid dispensed from the source during the processing period, which takes into account replenishment of the processing fluid when the processing period is paused. The systems and methods can be integrated into blood processing circuits to monitor the introduction of anticoagulant.

Systems and methods for monitoring introduction of a processing fluid during a fluid processing procedure

Blood processing chamber counter-balanced with blood-free liquid

Systems and methods rotate a chamber, in which whole blood is centrifugally separated into packed red blood cells, a plasma constituent, and an interface between the packed red blood cells and the plasma constituent. The interface carries platelets and mononuclear cells. The systems and methods include an interface control unit. The interface control unit is operative in a first state to enable removal of platelet-poor plasma in a first container for use as a diluting liquid. In a second state, the interface control unit retains mononuclear cells in the chamber, while removing platelet-rich plasma from the chamber, bypassing the platelet-poor collection container, thereby maintaining its platelet-poor character. In a third state, the interface control unit enables the removal of mononuclear cells from the chamber in a path that leads to a second container, where the mononuclear cells are collected. The systems and methods direct platelet-poor plasma from the first container to the second container to dilute the removed mononuclear cells in the second container.

Systems and methods for collecting diluted mononuclear cells

Systems and methods providing a liquid-primed, single flow access chamber

A blood separation system operates in a first mode to convey whole blood into the inlet region of a blood processing chamber for centrifugal separation into packed red blood cells, a plasma constituent, and an interface, which carries mononuclear cells, between the packed red blood cells and the plasma constituent. The system removes packed red blood cells and the plasma constituent from the chamber, while maintaining the interface within the chamber. The system operates in a second mode to remove the interface from the chamber by conveying packed red blood cells into the inlet region. An outlet path conveys the removed interface from the chamber. The outlet path includes a first sensing element to locate mononuclear cells in the removed interface and provide a sensed output upon locating mononuclear cells.

System and methods for harvesting mononuclear cells by recirculation of

Blood separation systems and methods employ a rotating chamber. The chamber includes an inlet region where whole blood enters for centrifugal separation into packed red blood cells, a plasma constituent, and an interface carrying mononuclear cells between the packed red blood cells and the plasma constituent. The packed red blood cells in the chamber have a hematocrit value H.sub.PRBC. A controller operates in a first mode to convey whole blood into the inlet region while removing packed red blood cells and the plasma constituent from the chamber and while maintaining the interface within the chamber. The controller also operates in the first mode to maintain a set H.sub.PRBC by conveying packed red blood cells into the inlet region.

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Robert J Cantu