Manual centrifugal device and system comprising the same, and method for separating blood
AssigneeNational Taiwan University
InventorsChien-Fu Chen, Chao-Hsuan Liu
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Abstract
Provided is a manual centrifugal device, including a rotating platform disposed with a rotating shaft, and a plurality of blood storage tubes fixed to the rotating platform at a regular intervals, wherein the rotating platform and the plurality of blood storage tubes rotate relative to the plane of placement during centrifugation. Further provided is a method for separating blood. The centrifugal device is driven manually to centrifugally separate blood cells and blood plasma, thereby greatly reducing the medical cost of blood examination and providing a more convenient and simple blood separation method for the low-resource areas.
Claims20
A manual centrifugal device for separating blood, comprising:
- a rotating platform comprising a plurality of rotating arms;
- a rotating shaft disposed at a center of the rotating platform, with the plurality of rotating arms equidistantly disposed along a radial direction of the rotating shaft;
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- a plurality of blood storage tubes disposed at a regular interval from one another, and restrictedly positioned on the rotating platform at a distance from the rotating shaft,
- wherein the rotating platform and the plurality of blood storage tubes rotate around the rotating shaft during centrifugation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.