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Device for separating plasma or serum from whole blood and analyzing the same

US4816224A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Boehringer Mannheim GmbH · DE

Inventors

Peter Vogel · Diepersdorf, DE
Hans-Peter Braun · Sulz am Neckar, DE
Dieter Berger · Viernheim, DE
Wolfgang Werner · Hersbruck, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 31, 1987
Grant date	Mar 28, 1989
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 31, 2007

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T436/25375
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device for separating plasma or serum from whole blood and analyzing the same, wherein the device includes a layer of glass fibers with an average diameter of from 0.2 to 5 microns and having a density of from 0.1 to 0.5 g./cm.sup.3 and an adsorption volume at least twice that of the plasma or serum to be separated and, preferably, more than 3.3 times the volume.

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