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US 6,745,902 B2Granted
Blood collection systems including an integral, flexible filter
AssigneeBaxter International Inc.
InventorsDaniel R Lynn, Julian C Breillatt, John C Burnham, David B. Howard, Allen R Wons
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Abstract
Blood collection systems include an integral flexible filter to remove leukocytes from blood components.
Claims5
A blood filter device comprising
- first and second flexible sheets, each sheet comprising a meltable material,
- a filter medium comprising a prefilter layer, a main filter layer, and a postfilter layer, each layer comprising a meltable material,
- a peripheral seal formed by application of radio frequency heating and pressure in a single step to join the first and second flexible sheets directly to the filter medium and encapsulate the filter medium between the first and second flexible sheets, with the first flexible sheet overlying the prefilter layer, the second flexible sheet overlying the postfilter layer, and the main filter layer sandwiched between the prefilter and postfilter layers, the peripheral seal comprising a commingled melted matrix comprising material of the sheets and material of the filter medium,
- an inlet port located in the first flexible sheet spaced from the peripheral seal for conveying blood to the filter medium, and
- an outlet port located in the second flexible sheet spaced from the peripheral seal for conveying blood from the filter medium.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.