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Device and its use for the separation of plasma from whole blood

US5262067A · kind A · utility

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9References

15Claims

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Assignee

Boehringer Mannheim GmbH · DE

Inventors

Hans-Erich Wilk · Mannheim, DE
Peter Vogel · Diepersdorf, DE
Rolf Lerch · Ilvesheim, DE
Erich Schneider · Tauberbischofsheim, DE
Andreas Marschall · Mannheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	May 10, 1991
Grant date	Nov 16, 1993
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 10, 2011

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T436/25375
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention concerns a device and its use for separating plasma from whole blood by means of a fibre-containing layer which contains an erythrocyte-aggregating substance and is characterized in that the fibre-containing layer contains glass fibres which are coated with polyvinyl alcohol or with polyvinyl alcohol/polyvinyl acetate. The invention also concerns a test carrier for the determination of a blood component as well as a process for separation from whole blood in which the device according to the present invention is used.

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