Composite liquid bag system holder

US10518021B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Terumo BCT, Inc. · US
• Andreas Hettich GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Kris Nackaerts · Leuven, BE
• Makoto Hirabuki · Leuven, BE
• Marcellus GEISELMANN · Tuttlingen, DE
• Bruce Ellingboe · Littleton, US
• Hong Duc NGUYEN · Louisville, US
• Timothy Michael Taga · Arvada, US
• Ross Tichota · Englewood, US
• Tadashi Imai · Chiba, JP
• Armin Brendle · Aach, DE
• Christoph Pabst · Melle, DE
• Roland Biset · Hemiksem, BE
• Wilfried Mertens · Grafenau, DE
• Klaus-Günter Eberle · Tuttlingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 19, 2016
• Grant date: Dec 31, 2019
• Expiry date: Jul 16, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B04B2005/0435
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Embodiments of a system box for holding a bag system and methods for separating composite liquids are described. In embodiments, a bag system may be a blood bag system used to collect blood, separate the blood into components, store the components, and utilize the components in patients. The system box may hold the blood bag system. Processes can then be performed to separate components from the blood.