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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2012
Fenwal Inc., Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Marc N. Weasler, West Bend, WI (US);
Richard I. Brown, Northbrook, IL (US);
Sean Ford, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Mark J. Brierton, Cary, IL (US);
Fenwal, Inc., Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to systems for processing a unit of whole blood into its components while the unit is still in the centrifuge. The system comprises a container holding whole blood and one or more satellite bags or containers that are installed into a holder, which is then inserted into a bucket of the centrifuge. Tubes interconnect the containers, one or more of which are preferably installed into clamping mechanisms resident in the holder. The holder further preferably includes sensing means, such as optical sensors, to sense the location of the interfaces between the separated layers of the whole blood that result from rotation of the centrifuge.