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US 8,407,912 B2Granted
Spray dried human plasma
AssigneeVelico Medical, Inc.
InventorsDennis Brian Hubbard, Jr., Michael Haley
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Abstract
The technology relates to spray dried plasma and methods of making the same. The method includes providing plasma to a spray drying apparatus, spray drying the plasma, at the spray drying apparatus, to form physiologically active plasma powder, the spray drying apparatus configured utilizing one or more parameters, and storing the physiologically active plasma powder.
Claims23
An attachment for a plasma spray drying apparatus comprising:
- a plasma inlet port for providing sterile communication to a plasma source;
- a spray gas inlet port for providing removable sterile communication to a pressurized gas source;
- at least one drying gas inlet port for providing removable sterile communication to a drying gas source;
- a spray dry nozzle in fluid communication with the plasma and spray gas inlets;
- a drying chamber in fluid communication with the attached spray nozzle and drying gas inlet to receive a spray of plasma for drying;
- a particle collection device configured to collect spray dried plasma from an outlet of the drying chamber;
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- a collection device gas outlet port in sterile fluid communication with the collection device;
- wherein the spray nozzle, drying chamber, and collection device define a sterile isolated interior volume.
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An attachment for a plasma spray drying apparatus comprising:
- a spray nozzle assembly comprising:
- a plasma input for sterile communication to a plasma source,
- a drying gas input for sterile communication to a drying gas source,
- a spray gas input for sterile communication to a spray gas source, and
- a spray nozzle for combining plasma from the plasma input, a drying gas from the drying gas input, and spray gas from the spray gas input and spraying the combination of the plasma, drying gas, and the spray gas into a drying chamber;
- the drying chamber to dry the sprayed combination of the plasma, drying gas, and the spray gas;
- a collection device to collect dried plasma powder;
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- a storage container to store the collected dried plasma powder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.