Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080248938 | AUTOMATED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BLOOD COMPONENTS SEPARATION AND PROCESSING - A blood processing centrifuge comprising: a rotor having an axis of rotation and being controllably spun around the axis, a mechanism for processing whole blood within the rotor while spinning, a computer controlling blood processing operations, the computer being mounted to the rotor and spinning therewith. | 10-09-2008 |
20110237418 | Rotor defining a fluid separation chamber of varying volume - A centrifuge system designed to receive a rotor having variable volumes adapted for collecting and centrifuging biological fluids. The centrifuge system encompasses a chuck that slides along the axis of rotation inside a rotating bucket. Thereby stretching or contracting the volume of the rotor. | 09-29-2011 |
20140158604 | Platelet Storage Container - Compositions, methods, devices and media are provided for platelet storage container that prevents bacterial growth in the stored platelets. The invention relates to blood bank needs in safely storing platelets collected from donors for more than 5 days at room temperature. The container is built with natural adsorbent media that have the characteristics in capturing and killing bacteria and viruses. The stored platelets are isolated from the natural adsorbent material during storage to preserve their medical quality and safety. | 06-12-2014 |
20140323284 | Automated System and Method for Blood Components Separation and Processing - A system for centrifugation and processing multi-units of blood simultaneously. The system having a plurality of equally spaced blood processing stations integrated to the rotor and spinning therewith around the axis of rotation. Each station is fit to receive a set of fluidly interconnected containers having blood for processing. Hydraulic means are used to automatically balance the rotor by having a mechanism to transfer fluid to special chambers on the processing stations in order to compensate for the weight variations of the multiple blood units mounted to the rotor. A Computer controls the centrifuge operations. | 10-30-2014 |