Method for the separation of blood plasma particles from a blood plasma suspension

US7081082B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC · DE

Inventors

• Jürgen Scholz · Leverkusen, DE
• Markus Longerich
• Ernst-Ulrich Himmen · Odenthal, DE
• Ulrich Esser · Moutier, CH
• Rajesh Vishnudev Sharma · Jamkhed, IN
• Anshuman V. Patwardhan · Cary, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 30, 2002
• Grant date: Jul 25, 2006
• Expiry date: Oct 22, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01D2221/10
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Method for separating blood plasma particles from a blood plasma suspension in a self-discharging centrifuge having two or more discharge slits and axially stacked baffle plates, in which the blood plasma particles are separated from the liquid phase by centrifuging and removal of the liquid phase, suctioning off liquid remaining in the drum after separation of the blood plasma particles and discharging the sediment of solid blood plasma particles from the drum by centrifugal force into a collecting container underneath the drum, the drum and the blood plasma sediment being cooled during one or more of the process steps.