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Device for collecting blood and separating blood constituents, method for separating blood constituents and use of said device

US7736907B2 · kind B2 · utility

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45Claims

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Assignee

BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM MICROPARTS GMBH · DE

Inventors

Gert Blankenstein · Arlington, US
Ralf-Peter Peters · Bensberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 3, 2005
Grant date	Jun 15, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 7, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T436/25375
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A device and a method for collecting blood and separating blood plasma as a liquid sample using a channel that absorbs the liquid sample by capillary forces. To obtain a uniform filling of the channel with the liquid sample and an effective separation, deaeration takes place in a transverse direction to the main filling direction or to the longitudinal direction of the channel, immediately downstream of a separation device in an inlet region of the channel.

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