US 2006/0142136 A1Published application

Blood processing assembly and methods

AssigneeBaxter International Inc.

InventorsRichard Brown, Ying-Cheng Lo

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A fluid processing assembly can be easily inserted into and removed from a rotatable centrifuge assembly.

Dependent claims

A blood processing assembly comprising

a processing container adapted to be manually placed into association with the centrifuge assembly and which, in use, receives blood for separation in the centrifugal field, the processing chamber including a carrier component having a configuration that is formed to resist deformation of the processing chamber, and
tubing coupled to the processing chamber to convey blood into and out of the processing chamber.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

B04B 5/0442
Radial chamber apparatus for separating predominantly liquid mixtures, e.g. butyrometers: with means for adding or withdrawing liquid substances…
B04B 5/0428
For liquids contained in receptacles: with flexible receptacles
B04B 2005/045
With means for adding or withdrawing liquid substances during the centrifugation, e.g. continuous centrifugation: having annular separation channels
B04B 2005/0492
With means for adding or withdrawing liquid substances during the centrifugation, e.g. continuous centrifugation: with fluid conveying umbilicus…

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