Method for preserving placental blood
AssigneesEtablissement Francais Du Sang, Maco Pharma
InventorsBruno Delorme, Zoran Ivanovic
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Abstract
A method for preserving whole placental blood comprising introducing whole placental blood into an air barrier storage bag, storing said bag containing whole placental blood at a temperature of more than 0° C. and less than 40° C., so as to preserve the whole placental blood.
Claims24
1-23. (canceled)
A method for preserving whole placental blood comprising:
- introducing whole placental blood into an air barrier storage bag,
- storing said bag containing whole placental blood at a temperature of more than 0° C. and less than 40° C., so as to preserve the whole placental blood.
The method according to claim 40, wherein the air barrier film has a three-layer structure in which the central layer made from an air barrier material is sandwiched between two layers made from another material.
The method according to claim 40, wherein the air barrier film is a three-layer film made of ethylene vinyl acetate/ethylene vinyl alcohol/ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA/EVOH/EVA).
A system of bags comprising:
- a placental blood collection bag in fluid communication, through a first tube associated with an inlet orifice of the collection bag, with at least one draw-off needle,
- an air barrier storage bag, said bag being in fluid communication or intended to be brought into fluid communication with the collection bag, so that the placental blood can be stored.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.