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US 9,168,528 B2Granted
Fluids concentration cup assembly with hourglass shape
AssigneeAlliance Partners LLC
InventorsEmad Hassouneh, Logan White, Matt Schmidt, Frank Morris, Andrew Enke
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Abstract
A biological fluid collection cup for use with a centrifuge bucket to separate a biological fluid into its component parts is disclosed. It includes an hourglass shape with a large upper and lower portion and a narrow middle portion. A piston is to slide into and slideably be received in the lower portion and a side port is provided for withdrawal of a fluid from the narrow portion.
Claims21
A biological fluids concentration cup assembly comprising:
- a rigid cup with an open top, an open bottom, and outer and inner walls;
- a lid configured to engage the open top and to removably receive a device selected from the group consisting of a syringe and a fluid injection device;
- wherein the cup has an upper portion, a lower portion, and a narrow portion between the upper and lower portion, and wherein the narrow portion includes a side draw port for fluid removal adapted to be engaged with a fluid receiving vessel for removal of a fluid from the narrow portion of the cup assembly, and
- a drive piston assembly wherein the drive piston assembly includes a drive piston slideably engaging at least part of the lower portion of the cup.
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A biological fluids concentration cup assembly comprising:
- a rigid cup with an open top, an open bottom, and outer and inner walls;
- a lid configured to engage the open top and to removably receive a device selected from the group consisting of a syringe and a fluid injection device;
- wherein the cup has an upper portion, a lower portion, and a narrow portion between the upper and lower portion, and wherein the narrow portion includes a side draw port for fluid removal adapted to be engaged with a fluid receiving vessel for removal of a fluid from the narrow portion of the cup assembly, and
- a drive piston assembly wherein the drive piston assembly includes a drive piston slideably engaging at least part of the lower portion of the cup;
- further including a bottom plate with an aperture and a rim, the rim for fluid sealing the bottom plate to the open bottom of the cup and wherein the drive piston assembly includes a pair of cooperating, coupling threaded members, one engaging the drive piston, the other engaging the aperture in the bottom plate and a base such that rotation of the base drives the drive piston up and down in the cup;
- wherein the drive piston assembly and the bottom plate include anti-rotation members to ensure the drive piston does not rotate,
- wherein the narrow portion has a top wall angled between about 20 and about 60 degrees;
- wherein the walls of the narrow portion include a scale on walls thereof;
- wherein the side draw port includes walls at an exterior end thereof for engaging a concentrated fluid collection device;
- wherein the drive piston includes a body having walls shaped to conform to the shape of the lower portion of the cup and an upper surface having walls shaped to conform to walls of a part of the narrow portion;
- and
- wherein the walls of the upper surface of the drive piston lay adjacent the side draw port when the drive piston is in a raised position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.