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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2003

Filed:

Apr. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:

Jose C. Deniega, Lake Forest, CA (US);

Daniel H. Duff, Irvine, CA (US);

Maria D. Gudino, Mundelein, IL (US);

Donald H. Buchholz, Barrington, IL (US);

Assignee:

Baxter International Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 6/100 ; A61M 1/38 ; A61K 3/518 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 6/100 ; A61M 1/38 ; A61K 3/518 ;
Abstract

Methods are disclosed for the collection of red blood cells whereby whole blood is combined with an anticoagulant, red cells are separated from the whole blood and the separated red cells are combined with a storage solution. The red cells may be stored for an extended period of time.


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