Back to results
US 7,442,178 B2Granted
Automated system and method for blood components separation and processing
OwnerJacques Chammasinventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A blood processing centrifuge comprising: a rotor having an axis of rotation and being controllably spun around the axis, a mechanism for processing whole blood within the rotor while spinning, a computer controlling blood processing operations, the computer being mounted to the rotor and spinning therewith.
Claims12
A centrifuge system for separating a biological fluid containing materials of different densities into its components, comprising:
- a rotor having an axis of rotation and being spun around the axis to create centrifugal force,
- a computer controlling biological fluid separation procedures,
- the computer being mounted in or to the rotor and spinning therewith,
- a chuck having a biological fluid separation apparatus mounted within the chuck, the fluid separation apparatus comprising a plurality of containers interconnected by fluid flow tubes, one or more of the containers containing the biological fluid,
- a plurality of cradles connected to the rotor for co-rotation therewith around the axis, the chuck being securely mountable in a cradle for rotation around the axis,
- a mechanical or electromechanical apparatus mounted to the spinning rotor enabling selective flow of fluid between selected ones of the containers, the operation of the mechanical apparatus being controlled by the computer.
3 more elements
A system for automatically separating blood into components and selectively treating the components with therapeutic solution inside a rotating centrifuge, the system comprising:
- a rotor having an axle,
- a computer for controlling blood component separation, segregation and processing operations,
- the computer being embedded in or connected to said rotor and spinning therewith,
- a chuck for securely mounting a plurality of interconnected blood containers to the rotor, the chuck being readily mountable to and dismountable from the rotor,
- a plurality of equally spaced cradles interconnected to the rotor in a common plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the rotor, the cradles including a seat for securely holding a chuck.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.