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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 1987
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Baerbel Schmidt, D-8000 Munchen 70, DE;
Walter Samtleben, D-8035 Gauting, DE;
Michael J Lysaght, Barrington, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604-6 ; 210927 ;
Abstract
A straight-forward, simplified process and apparatus for obtaining blood plasma are provided which employ no pumps or other external flow monitoring devices. Instead, a plasma filtering assembly is suspended a predetermined distance below the injection site to employ the forces of gravity to separate plasma from the other components of whole blood.