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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:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas J. Bormann, Melville, NY (US);
Gerard R. DelGiacco, Yonkers, NY (US);
Vlado I. Matkovich, Glen Cove, NY (US);
Mladen Franovic, Cos Cob, CT (US);
Assignee:
Pall Corporation, East Hills, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 3/700 ; B01D 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 3/700 ; B01D 2/900 ;
Abstract
A biological fluid filter assembly (,) including a plurality of porous media (,) and essentially lacking a solid partition between the media is disclosed. Preferably, the assembly has a space (,) between the media (,). The filter assembly is especially suitable for depicting leukocytes from a biological fluid such as packed red cells, and can be used to deplete leukocyts from two or more units of biological fluid. A method of using the filter assembly is also provided.