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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2007
Niclas Högberg, Karlskoga, SE;
Emanuel Hällgren, Karlskoga, SE;
Peter Pihlstedt, Stockholm, SE;
Brian M. Holmes, Lakewood, CO (US);
Lars Persson, Askersund, SE;
Lars Strandberg, Gävle, SE;
Geert Van Waeg, Brussels, BE;
Frank Corbin, Iii, Littleton, CO (US);
Niclas Högberg, Karlskoga, SE;
Emanuel Hällgren, Karlskoga, SE;
Peter Pihlstedt, Stockholm, SE;
Brian M. Holmes, Lakewood, CO (US);
Lars Persson, Askersund, SE;
Lars Strandberg, Gävle, SE;
Geert Van Waeg, Brussels, BE;
Frank Corbin, III, Littleton, CO (US);
CaridianBCT, Inc., Lakewood, CO (US);
Abstract
A system and method are used in connection with processing of blood components. The processing of blood components may involve centrifugal separation and/or filtering of the blood components. In some examples, at least some blood components are centrifugally separated in a chamber and then filtered via a filter rotating along with a centrifuge rotor, wherein the filter is located closer than the chamber to an axis of rotation of the rotor. The filter may include a porous filtration medium configured to filter leukocytes, platelets, and/or red blood cells. Some examples include a pressure sensor sensing pressure of pumped blood components. The sensed pressure may be used in connection with controlling the pumping of the blood products and/or in connection with determining the location of an interface associated with the blood products. Other uses of the sensed pressure are also possible.