System for the production of an autologous thrombin
AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.
InventorsVictor D. Dolecek, Robert F. Baugh, John G. Rivera, William F. McKay, Jeffery C. Marx
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Abstract
A system for the production of autologous thrombin, comprising a centrifuge including a blood reservoir for receiving and separating an autologous anticoagulated blood sample having multiple inactive blood components and means for removing at least one of said inactive blood components upon separation, and a dispenser having at least two collection chambers for receiving said at least one of said inactive blood components, wherein a first collection chamber activates a first portion of said inactive blood component and stores the resulting coagulated blood component comprising a clot and said autologous thrombin.
Claims20
A system for the production of autologous thrombin, comprising:
- a centrifuge including a blood reservoir for receiving and separating an autologous anticoagulated blood sample having multiple inactive blood components;
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- means for removing at least one of said inactive blood components from said centrifuge upon separation to a dispenser, said dispenser being disposed outside of said centrifuge and said blood reservoir and having at least a first collection chamber for receiving a first portion of said inactive blood component and a second chamber for receiving and storing a second portion of said inactive blood component, wherein said first collection chamber activates said first portion of said inactive blood component and stores the resulting coagulated blood component comprising a clot and said autologous thrombin.
A system of the production of autologous thrombin, comprising:
- a centrifuge including a blood reservoir for receiving and separating an autologous anticoagulated blood sample having multiple inactive blood components;
- a lumen for transferring at least of said one inactive blood component from said blood reservoir to a dispenser upon separation, said dispenser being disposed outside of said centrifuge and said blood reservoir and having at least a first collection chamber for receiving a first portion of said inactive blood component and a second chamber for receiving and storing a second portion of said inactive blood component, wherein said first collection chamber activates a first portion of said inactive blood component and stores the resulting coagulated blood component comprising a clot and said autologous thrombin;
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- a filter for separating said autologous thrombin from said coagulated blood component.
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