Umbilical cord blood collection
OwnerJohn N. Haswellinventor
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Abstract
A device and method for the collection of umbilical cord blood during obstetrical delivery are disclosed. A pouch is attached to an obstetrical drape in a location convenient for filling with cord blood. The pouch includes a canal for the umbilical cord to be inserted into the pouch, and a sealing closure. The pouch may contain an anti-coagulant. One embodiment includes multiple compartments with various blood-treatment substances. After filling the pouch is closed and removed from the drape. The blood can be used for a variety of hematologic laboratory tests and for long term cryo-preservation for a stem cell transfusion to infants and adults.
Claims19
A device for collecting umbilical cord blood, comprising:
- a flaccid obstetrical drape;
- a collection pouch including an opening sufficiently large to admit thereinto one end of a human umbilical cord for filling said pouch with umbilical cord blood;
- a flap covering the opening of said pouch;
- separable means for removably connecting said collection pouch to said drape;
- and
- closure means for sealing the opening of said pouch after said pouch has been separated from said drape,
- whereby contamination of the opening of the pouch is prevented by means of said flap when in place on said drape, and an individual pouch can be removed from said drape and sealed to transport and to store, at least temporarily, the collected umbilical cord blood.
A device for collecting umbilical cord blood, comprising:
- a flaccid obstetrical drape;
- a collection pouch including an opening sufficiently large to admit thereinto one end of a human umbilical cord for filling said pouch with umbilical cord blood;
- separable means, mounted with respect to said drape in a position which is laterally offset from a center line of said drape, for removably connecting said collection pouch to said drape;
- and
- closure means for sealing the opening of said pouch after said pouch has been separated from said drape,
- whereby contamination is prevented when said pouch is mounted on said drape due to the offset position thereof, and an individual pouch can be removed from said drape and sealed to transport and to store, at least temporarily, the collected umbilical cord blood.
A device for collecting umbilical cord blood, comprising:
- a flaccid obstetrical drape;
- a collection pouch including an opening sufficiently large to admit thereinto one end of a human umbilical cord for filling said pouch with umbilical cord blood;
- an anticoagulant disposed within said pouch;
- separable means for removably connecting said collection pouch to said drape;
- and
- closure means for sealing the opening of said pouch after said pouch has been separated from said drape,
- whereby an individual pouch can be removed from said drape and sealed to transport and to store, at least temporarily, the collected umbilical cord blood.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.