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US 7,131,958 B2Granted
Placental blood collection line including a rinsing bag
AssigneeMacoPharma
InventorFrederic Deverre
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Abstract
The invention relates to a placental blood collection line including a collection bag (1) in fluid communication with at least one collection needle (4, 5) via a first tube (2) associated with an inlet orifice (3) of the bag (1), said line further including a bag (6) containing a rinsing solution and which is connected to or is organized to be connected to said first tube (2) via a second tube (7). The invention also relates to a method of collecting placental 10 blood by using such a line.
Claims24
A method of collecting placental blood comprising:
- using a placental blood collection line comprising a collection bag in fluid communication with at least one collection needle via a first tube associated with an inlet orifice of the bag, said line further comprising a bag containing a rinsing solution and which is connected to said first tube via a second tube;
- forming a first tap into a vein of the umbilical cord or into the placenta with a needle;
- collecting the placental blood in the collection bag;
- emptying the bag containing the rinsing solution into the umbilical cord and into the placenta via the inserted needle of the first tap;
- rinsing the placenta from which blood has been collected with the rinsing solution;
- forming a second tap into the vein of the umbilical cord or into the placenta via the same needle or with another needle;
- opening the first and second taps at the same time;
- and
- collecting placental blood together with added rinsing solution in the collection bag using the second tap.
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A method of collecting placental blood comprising:
- connecting a bag containing a rinsing solution to a first tube via a second tube;
- using a placental blood collection line comprising a collection bag in fluid communication with at least one collection needle via the first tube associated with an inlet orifice of the bag, said line further comprising the bag containing a rinsing solution;
- forming a first tap into a vein of the umbilical cord or into the placenta with a needle;
- collecting the placental blood in the collection bag;
- emptying the bag containing the rinsing solution into the umbilical cord and into the placenta via the inserted needle of the first tap;
- rinsing the placenta from which blood has been collected with the rinsing solution;
- forming a second tap into the vein of the umbilical cord or into the placenta via the same needle or with another needle;
- opening the first and second taps at the same time;
- and
- collecting placental blood together with added rinsing solution in the collection bag using the second tap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.