Plasma separation apparatus and plasma separation method
AssigneeCanon Medical Systems Corporation
InventorsHiroto SATAKE, Kenta KAMINO, Keisuke SUGAHARA, Takuya KOYAMA, Shunsuke FUJIWARA
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Abstract
A plasma separation apparatus according to an embodiment includes an acoustic wave application unit, a detection unit, and a removal unit. The acoustic wave application unit applies acoustic waves to blood held in a holding unit to concentrate blood cells contained in the blood at a predetermined position of the holding unit. The detection unit detects information regarding a concentration state of the concentrated blood cells. The removal unit removes the concentrated blood cells based on the detected information to separate plasma from the blood.
Claims13
A plasma separation apparatus comprising:
- an acoustic wave application unit configured to apply acoustic waves to blood held in a holding unit to concentrate blood cells contained in the blood at a predetermined position of the holding unit;
- a detection unit configured to detect information regarding a concentration state of the concentrated blood cells;
- and
- a removal unit configured to remove the concentrated blood cells based on the detected information to separate plasma from the blood.
A plasma separation method comprising:
- applying acoustic waves to blood held in a holding unit to concentrate blood cells contained in the blood at a predetermined position of the holding unit;
- detecting information regarding a concentration state of the concentrated blood cells;
- and
- removing the concentrated blood cells based on the detected information to separate plasma from the blood.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.