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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1999
Kelly B Smith, Gurnee, IL (US);
Michel L. F. Joie, Ernage, BE;
Baxter International Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for efficiently separating blood in a rotating field convey blood into a blood separation chamber through an inlet passage for separation into a blood component. The systems and methods convey the blood component from the separation chamber through an outlet passage. The systems and methods rotate the blood separation chamber about an axis in direction of blood flow in the flow path from the inlet passage toward the outlet passage. It has been discovered that, by rotating the chamber during blood separation in the same direction as the flow of whole blood from inlet to outlet disturbances due, e.g., Coriolis effects can be minimized, resulting in increased separation efficiencies.