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OwnerWilliam Richard Johns, Alan Frederick Evans +1inventors
InventorsWilliam Richard Johns, Alan Frederick Evans, Ronald Kelvin Knight
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A mass exchanger for use in storing blood or a blood product such as packed cells is described. The mass exchanger comprises an external casing, a cavity is provided within the casing having a region for storing blood and one or more channels extending within the casing for accommodating flow of a treatment fluid, the one or more channels each being at least partly bounded by a permeable membrane to allow transfer of chemical species between the channel and the cavity; wherein the casing comprises at least one flexible wall. The mass exchanger can include a region for storing blood comprising a bag. Here the bag or the casing comprise at least one flexible wall. A method of storing blood in the mass exchanger is also described.
A mass exchanger for use in storing blood or a blood product such as packed cells, the mass exchanger comprising an external casing, a cavity being provided within the casing having a region for storing blood and one or more channels extending within the casing for accommodating flow of a treatment fluid, the one or more channels each being at least partly bounded by a permeable membrane to allow transfer of chemical species between the channel and the cavity;
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