Kuraray Co., Ltd.

Yoshio Yagiri

Yasuzo Kirita

Yoshimichi Harada

Akiyoshi Nakano

Yasunori Ueda

Michiko Ueda

Tadashi Miyahara

Separation apparatus capable of separating plasma into high molecular weight substances and low molecular weight substances containing albumin, regardless of whether plasma is obtained by separation of corpuscular components in a continuous centrifugal separator or in a batch-type centrifugal separator. The apparatus comprises a filtration membrane module, a plasma feeding circuit connecting the centrifugal separator with the filtration membrane module, a plasma return circuit for returning to a patient purified plasma freed of high molecular weight substances, a supplemental fluid circuit for supplying additional fluid to the plasma return circuit, and a condensed plasma discharge circuit for disposal of high molecular weight substances. The apparatus is controlled independently of the centrifugal separator.

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Kurashiki, Japan

Yoshio Yagiri