Handling of blood in bags by means of rotating discs

Abstract

An apparatus for handling blood in bags includes a housing having disposed therein a plurality of generally circular discs arranged one above another, spaced from each other, parallel with each other, and rotatable about a common central axis, with each disc forming an angle of inclination to said central axis, and a device for rotating the discs about the common central axis. Each of the discs has two parallel surfaces with a peripheral portion, and a device for retaining at least one blood bag at the peripheral portion of one surface, said device including an aperture through the disc. The apparatus further includes a light source arranged beneath each of the discs and a light sensitive member arranged above each of the discs, each light source and light sensitive member being disposed such that light being transmitted by the light source passes through the aperture in the disc to impinge on the light sensitive member, thereby measuring glare of thrombocytes in blood in a bag retained on the disc.

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