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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1993
John Uhoch, Warwick, RI (US);
C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A blood processor for separating blood into cellular blood components and blood fluids including means for receiving a source of blood whose components are to be separated; means, operatively associated with the means for receiving, for separating cellular blood components from blood fluids, the means for separating including means for permitting passage therethrough of blood fluids but inhibiting the passage of blood components therethrough; a pulsating pump for pumping blood from the means for receiving into the means for separating and for agitating the blood within the means for separating; and, wherein the cellular components in the blood are inhibited from blocking the means for permitting passage, thereby facilitating the movement of blood fluids through the means for permitting passage.