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Automated system and method for blood components separation and processing

US7442178B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 9, 2005
Grant dateOct 28, 2008
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 23, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB04B2009/143
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A blood processing centrifuge comprising: a rotor having an axis of rotation and being controllably spun around the axis, a mechanism for processing whole blood within the rotor while spinning, a computer controlling blood processing operations, the computer being mounted to the rotor and spinning therewith.

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