Title:
METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SEPARATING WHOLE BLOOD INTO AN ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE AND CELL-FREE OR THROMBOCYTE-CONTAINING PLASMA UNDER GRAVITATIONAL FORCE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004050145
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for separating whole blood into a leukocyte-depleted erythrocyte concentrate and plasma. According to said method, whole blood is separated into an erythrocyte concentrate and plasma in a first step in a plasma filter, and is then separated into a second erythrocyte concentrate and more plasma during the return flow through the same plasma filter. The erythrocyte concentrate obtained is mixed with an additive solution. The entire separation system per se is closed and sterile.
Inventors:
LATZA SIBYLLE (DE)
Application Number:
PCT/EP2003/013705
Publication Date:
July 22, 2004
Filing Date:
December 04, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
LATZA SIBYLLE (DE)
International Classes:
A61M1/02; A61M1/34; A61M1/36; (IPC1-7): A61M1/34
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2002013888A1 | 2002-02-21 |
Foreign References:
| DE29516471U1 | 1996-01-25 | |||
| US4964847A | 1990-10-23 | |||
| EP0266683A2 | 1988-05-11 |
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