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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2002
Jean-Denis Rochat, Genolier, CH;
Haemonetics Corporation, Braintree, MA (US);
Abstract
A centrifugal device. The centrifugal device includes two drive units ( ) , coaxially mounted and pivoting, devices ( ) to drive the first ( ) and the second ( ) drive units, with a rotational speed ratio of between each other, a circular centrifugal unit ( ) equipped with at least three channels ( ) connecting its center to a peripheral separation chamber ( ) and three tubes ( ) made of an elastic deformable material, each presenting a first extremity connected to the central extremity of one of the three channels ( ) of the centrifugal unit ( ). The first coupling devices ( ) are integral with the first drive unit ( ) and the second coupling devices ( ) are integral with the centrifugal unit ( ), engaged by elastic devices ( ). A moving control unit ( ), integral with a gripping component ( ), is connected to the sad elastic devices ( ) to release coupling devices ( ) from each other.