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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2010
Applicants:
Matthew Swift, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Barry F. Hecker, Pierceton, IN (US);
Michael D. Leach, Warsaw, IN (US);
Inventors:
Matthew Swift, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Barry F. Hecker, Pierceton, IN (US);
Michael D. Leach, Warsaw, IN (US);
Assignee:
Biomet Manufacturing, LLC, Warsaw, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 37/00 (2006.01); B01D 61/00 (2006.01); C02F 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for obtaining various components of a multi-component material. Generally, a component of a whole blood sample may be concentrated from a patient and re-introduced to the same patient. For example, a clotting component, such as thrombin, from a whole blood sample may be extracted and concentrated in an apparatus and collection to be reapplied or reintroduced into a patient.