Blood components separator disk
AssigneeHarvest Technologies Corporation
InventorsJames Ellsworth, Steven Levesque
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Abstract
A separator disk for use in centrifugal separation of components is designed to automatically position itself during separation at the interface between the supernatant and the remaining components. Preferably the interface is between plasma and red blood cells.
Claims7
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An article for use in preventing flow of a fluid from a tube, said article being generally disk shaped and having a raised edge portion such that the center of buoyancy of the article lies above an upper surface thereof.
A method for decanting a supernatant that has been separated from a fluid comprising the step of placing a floating separator disk in said fluid, separating said supernatant from said fluid, and decanting said supernatant wherein said separator disk automatically positions itself at or near the interface between said supernatant and the remaining components of said fluid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.