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Portable centrifuge apparatus

US4889524A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 4, 1987
Grant dateDec 26, 1989
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Expiry dateSep 4, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB04B2005/0464
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A portable centrifuge apparatus for use with a centrifuge bowl having a seamless, unitary blow molded bowl body for the separation of blood into less dense and more dense components. A light weight, hand-held cabinet houses the centrifuge, and auxiliary equipment such as blood pumps, control instrumentation, and a sensor for measuring fluid pressure in a disposable chamber used for filtering blood.

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