Plasma separator apparatus and associated methods

US10576426B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · US

Inventors

• Changchun Liu · Sunnyvale, US
• Haim H. Bau · Swarthmore, US
• Michael G. Mauk · Wilmington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 18, 2014
• Grant date: Mar 3, 2020
• Expiry date: Mar 10, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01D2313/58
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A plasma separator includes a vertical chamber with a membrane or membranes partially or fully covering the internal chamber walls and forming an inner cavity to accommodate whole blood. The plasma separator further includes a plasma collection space separated from the inner cavity with one or more membranes and a plasma removal port.