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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2020
Ashim Gupta, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Charles Bradley Simons, Milton, GA (US);
Ashim Gupta, Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Charles Bradley Simons, Milton, GA (US);
Abstract
A whole blood separator device has a sleeve. The sleeve has a sleeve body. The sleeve body has an enlarged first proximal end portion and an enlarged second distal end portion and an intermediate cylindrical tube portion connecting the first proximal end portion and the second distal end portion. The sleeve body is configured to fit inside a test tube and receive whole blood which can be separated by centrifugation into a plasma layer in the proximal end portion, a buffy coat layer in the intermediate portion and a red blood cell portion in the distal portion. The whole blood separator device wherein at least the proximal end portion has an open end. Preferably, the distal end portion also has an open end.