Animal fetus blood procurement tables and methods
AssigneeHyClone Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey L. Pease, Gary Graetz, Elmer L. Branson
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Abstract
A method for extracting blood from animal fetus includes securing a placenta of an animal against a substantially planar face, the first face being disposed at an angle in a range between about 45° to about 110° relative to the horizontal. The placenta is massaged against the first face so that at least a portion of the blood within the placenta flows out of the placenta through an umbilical cord and into the animal fetus. The animal fetus is then suspended. At least a portion of the blood within the animal fetus is then drained from the fetus into a container.
Claims13
A method for extracting blood from an animal fetus, the method comprising:
- securing a placenta of an animal against a panel having a substantially planar first face, the first face being disposed at an angle in a range between about 45° to about 110° relative to the horizontal, a fetus of the animal being positioned below the placenta and attached to the placenta by an umbilical cord;
- massaging the placenta against the first face so that at least a portion of the blood within the placenta flows out of the placenta through the umbilical cord and into the animal fetus;
- thereafter suspending the animal fetus;
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- draining at least a portion of the blood from the suspended animal fetus into a container.
A method for extracting blood from an animal fetus, the method comprising:
- securing a placenta of an animal against a substantially planar first face by pushing the placenta onto a plurality of spaced apart spikes projecting from the first face such that the spikes puncture the placenta, the first face being disposed at an angle in a range between about 45° to about 110° relative to the horizontal, a fetus of the animal being positioned below the placenta and attached to the placenta by an umbilical cord;
- massaging the placenta against the first face so that at least a portion of the blood within the placenta flows out of the placenta through the umbilical cord and into the animal fetus;
- thereafter suspending the animal fetus;
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- draining at least a portion of the blood from the suspended animal fetus into a container.
A method for extracting blood from an animal fetus, the method comprising:
- securing a placenta of an animal against a substantially planar first face, the first face being disposed at an angle in a range between about 45° to about 110° relative to the horizontal, a fetus of the animal being positioned below the placenta and attached to the placenta by an umbilical cord;
- massaging the placenta against the first face so that at least a portion of the blood within the placenta flows out of the placenta through the umbilical cord and into the animal fetus;
- thereafter suspending the animal fetus so that the animal fetus biases or is disposed directly adjacent to a second face, the second face being disposed at an angle in a range between about 45° to about 110° relative to the horizontal, the second face being integrally formed with or connected to the first face;
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- draining at least a portion of the blood from the suspended animal fetus into a container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.