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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Procell Surgical Inc., Toronto, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
PROCELL SURGICAL INC., Toronto, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 1/02 (2006.01); A61M 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/0001 (2013.01); A61M 1/0009 (2013.01); A61M 1/0281 (2013.01); A61M 1/3627 (2013.01); Y10T 137/8593 (2015.04);
Abstract
A method for recovering blood from a blood-laden surgical sponge for autologous reinfusion, the method comprising the steps of: conveying negative pressure to a housing with the blood-laden surgical sponge; applying a predetermined force to draw the blood from the surgical sponge; and collecting the recovered blood.