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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2002
Sanjay V. Odak, Grayslake, IL (US);
Michael Kast, Evanston, IL (US);
Sanjay V. Odak, Grayslake, IL (US);
Michael Kast, Evanston, IL (US);
Baxter International Inc., Deerfield, IL (US);
Abstract
A blood processing assembly comprises a frame rotatable about a rotational axis and a blood processing chamber carried by the frame for rotation about the rotational axis. An umbilicus has one end coupled to the blood processing chamber along the rotational axis and an opposite end held in a non-rotating position along the rotational axis. A mid region of the umbilicus extends, at least in part, outside the rotational axis. The frame carries at least one support channel, which is sized and configured to engage the mid region of the umbilicus. The support channel includes a side edge that is sized and configured to self-load the mid region of the umbilicus into the support channel in response to rotation of the frame in a designated direction.