Centrifuge system for the separation of blood into its components
US5386734A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 20, 1993 |
| Grant date | Feb 7, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 20, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M1/3696
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A centrifuge for the separation of blood into its components, especially a single-needle centrifuge, in which, in a collecting cycle, erythrocytes and plasma are passed through a centrifuge separation chamber and temporarily stored in a storage container and, in a recirculation cycle, the blood components temporarily stored in the storage container are passed through the separation chamber again and then returned to the patient.
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