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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:
Mar. 21, 1995
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
David B Pall, Roslyn Estates, NY (US);
Thomas C Gsell, Glen Cove, NY (US);
Brian T Muellers, Rockville Centre, NY (US);
Assignee:
Pall Corporation, Glen Cove, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210767 ; 210806 ; 604406 ; 604410 ;
Abstract
A method of preparing platelets for long term storage comprises the steps of (a) obtaining whole blood from a human, (b) preparing platelet rich plasma from the whole blood and (c) then passing the platelet rich plasma through a filter under conditions sufficient to remove substantially all leucocytes from the plasma, with steps (b) and (c) occurring in an integrally attached blood bag system within a few hours of step (a).