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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:
Apr. 06, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Glen E. Jorgensen, Marlboro, MA (US);
Bruce Berckmans, III, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Assignee:
Implant Innovations, Inc., Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/38 ; A01N 1/02 ; A61K 9/70 ; B65D 8/100 ; A61M 3/700 ; A61M 5/315 ; A61M 1/36 ; A61B 1/900 ; B01L 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/38 ; A01N 1/02 ; A61K 9/70 ; B65D 8/100 ; A61M 3/700 ; A61M 5/315 ; A61M 1/36 ; A61B 1/900 ; B01L 1/100 ;
Abstract
A single-use system for separating blood and producing platelet concentrates includes an elongated container for receiving blood from a patient. The container has a movable plunger mounted within the blood container for expressing blood fractions separated during centrifugation of the container through a first port mounted at one end of said container, a second port mounted on the plunger, and a third port mounted on a plunger rod attached to the plunger.