System for blood separation with side-tapped separation chamber

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8992402-B2
Application number	US-201213478684-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 23, 2012
Priority date	Jun 13, 2011
Publication date	Mar 31, 2015
Grant date	Mar 31, 2015

Abstract

A disposable blood separation set and a centrifugal blood processing system comprising a blood processing chamber adapted to be mounted on a rotor of a centrifuge; a frustro-conical cell separation chamber in fluid communication with the processing chamber, the cell separation chamber having an inlet, and outlet and a side tap outlet adjacent the inlet. The inlet may protrude into the cell separation chamber forming a circumferential well surrounding the protruding inlet. The side tap outlet may connect to the well. The set and system comprise means for selectively drawing fluid from either the outlet or the side tap outlet.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A blood cell collection system comprising
a centrifuge rotor;
a blood processing chamber mounted on said rotor;
a generally frustro-conical cell separation chamber in fluid communication with said blood processing chamber;
the cell separation chamber having an inlet and an outlet, said inlet being connected to said blood processing chamber, and
a side tap outlet on said cell separation chamber, said side tap outlet being adjacent said inlet, and
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Assignees

• Holmes Brian M
• Terumo Bct Inc

Inventors

• Holmes Brian M

Classifications

• A61M1/3693 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61M1/3696

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61M1/30

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61M1/303

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• A61M1/3616

  Human Necessities · mapped topic