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Method of separating blood and apparatus for carrying out the method
Assignee: Fresenius SE and Co KGaA
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Filing: 1985-03-20
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Granted: 1987-06-23
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Expires: 2005-03-20
Abstract
Abstract Method of separating blood, in particular for recovering thrombocytes and/or leucocytes, the whole blood coming from the donor being separated in a separation means of a centrifuge into an erythrocyte fraction, cell-poor plasma, a thrombocyte fraction and/or possibly a leucocyte fraction, the separated fractions of the blood being discharged via a flexible tubing system of discharge lines out of the separation chambers of the centrifuge and constantly predetermined amounts of separated cell-poor plasma returned to the whole blood to be separated or to the already separated erythrocytes in the separation chamber, and a separation apparatus for carrying out the method comprising a separator having one or more separating chambers connected together and a flexible tubing system which includes a supply line (1, 2) for the supply of the whole blood to be separated to the separator and discharge lines each for the separate discharge of the erythrocyte fraction (10), the cell-poor plasma (3, 5), the thrombocyte fraction (11) and/or possibly leucocyte fractions and a branch line (7) disposed on the output side from the separator in the discharge line (3) for cell-poor plasma for returning cell-poor plasma, the supply and discharge lines and the branch lines (7) of the flexible tubing system being equipped with pumps, and the branch line (7) disposed on the output side of the separator is led off between the separator and the pump (6) and the pump (8, P) diposed in the branch line (7) delivers a predetermined plasma amount.
Inventors
- 👤 Hans-Jurgen Neumann
- 👤 Artur Meisberger
- 👤 Wolfram Weber
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-01 21:27
CPC Classifications
B; B04; B04B; B04B5/00; B04B5/04; B04B5/0442; A; A61; A61M; A61M1/00; A61M1/36; A61M1/3693; A61M1/3696; B04B2005/045
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
110 words
Method of separating whole blood coming from a donar for recovering at least one of thrombocytes and leucocytes, comprising the steps of: separating the whole blood in a separation means of a centrifuge having separation chambers into an erythrocyte fraction, cell-poor plasma, and at least one of a thrombocyte fraction and a leucocyte fraction; discharging the separation fractions of the blood via a flexible tubing system of discharge lines out of the separation chamber of the centrifuge; and returning a constant amount of the separated cell-poor plasma to the separation means, said constant amount being defined by a non-regulatable pump means operatively coupled to a discharge line of separated plasma.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
110 words
Method of separating whole blood coming from a donar for recovering at least one of thrombocytes and leucocytes, comprising the steps of: separating the whole blood in a separation means of a centrifuge having separation chambers into an erythrocyte fraction, cell-poor plasma, and at least one of a thrombocyte fraction and a leucocyte fraction; discharging the separation fractions of the blood via a flexible tubing system of discharge lines out of the separation chamber of the centrifuge; and returning a constant amount of the separated cell-poor plasma to the separation means, said constant amount being defined by a non-regulatable pump means operatively coupled to a discharge line of separated plasma.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
Method according to claim 1, wherein the cell-poor plasma is returned to the whole blood to be separated.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
Mcthod according to claim 2, wherein the plasma is returned to the whole blood before introduction into the separation chamber.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
29 words
Method according to claim 1, wherein the plasma is returned in the ratio of 40% 60% to 75% : 25% with respect to the whole blood to be separated.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
Method according to claim 1, wherein the plasma is returned to the separated erythrocytes in the separation chamber.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
Method according to claim 5, wherein the plasma is returned in the ratio of 70% : 30% to 87.5% : 12.5% with respect to the separated erythrocytes.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
Method according to claim 5 wherein the plasma is returned in the ratio of 75%:25% with respect to the separated erythrocytes.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
Method according to claim 1 wherein the plasma is retruned in the ratio of 1:1 to 2:1 with respect to the whole blood to be separated.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
154 words
Apparatus for separating whole blood coming from a donor for recovering at least one of thrombocytes and leucocytes comprising: means for separating the whole blood into an erythrocyte fraction, cell-poor plasma, and at least one of a thrombocyte fraction and leucocyte fractions; said means for separating having at least one separating chamber, said chambers being connected together a flexible tubing system which includes a supply line to conduct the whole blood to be separated to the separator, discharge lines for the separate discharge of each of the erythrocyte fraction, the cell-poor plasma, the thrombocyte fraction and leucoctye fraction and a branch line disposed in the discharge line for cell-poor plasma for returning cell-poor plasma to the means for separating, the supply, discharge and branch lines of the flexible tubing system each being operatively coupled to a pump, the pump of the branch line being non-regulatable so as to return a constant amount of plasma.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
154 words
Apparatus for separating whole blood coming from a donor for recovering at least one of thrombocytes and leucocytes comprising: means for separating the whole blood into an erythrocyte fraction, cell-poor plasma, and at least one of a thrombocyte fraction and leucocyte fractions; said means for separating having at least one separating chamber, said chambers being connected together a flexible tubing system which includes a supply line to conduct the whole blood to be separated to the separator, discharge lines for the separate discharge of each of the erythrocyte fraction, the cell-poor plasma, the thrombocyte fraction and leucoctye fraction and a branch line disposed in the discharge line for cell-poor plasma for returning cell-poor plasma to the means for separating, the supply, discharge and branch lines of the flexible tubing system each being operatively coupled to a pump, the pump of the branch line being non-regulatable so as to return a constant amount of plasma.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
17 words
Apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the supply and discharge lines are operatively coupled to regulatable pumps.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
34 words
Apparatus according to claim 9 or 10, wherein the branch line is connected to the supply line for the whole blood to be separated downstream of the pump of the whole blood supply line.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
26 words
Apparatus according to claim 9 or 10, wherein the branch line is conaected to the part of the separation chamber in which separated erythrocytes are disposed.
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