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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2007
Applicants:
Thomas Felt, Boulder, CO (US);
Peter Pihlstedt, Stockholm, SE;
Bruce Gibbs, Arvada, CO (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Terumo BCT, Inc., Lakewood, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 37/00 (2006.01); B04B 11/00 (2006.01); B04B 11/02 (2006.01); B04B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention is directed to a method of collecting and separating whole blood into components. The method includes the steps of adding an anticoagulant having an acidic pH to a bag for collecting and/or separating whole blood, collecting whole blood in the bag, loading the bag containing anticoagulated whole blood on a rotor, spinning the bag on the rotor to separate the whole blood into at least one component; and squeezing the bag on the rotor to push the component from the separation bag into at least one satellite bag.