Pheresis apparatus
US5348533A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 27, 1992 |
| Grant date | Sep 20, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 27, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2205/3393
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The length of time required to draw, centrifugally separate, harvest blood components and return blood components is reduced by providing a two-arm pheresis system in which blood is drawn from one arm, anticoagulated and pumped into an input reservoir then transferred into a centrifuge bowl for separation, while separated blood components are harvested and returned to the donor from an output reservoir via another arm.
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