Imperforate bowl: centrifugal separators – Rotatable bowl – Including flexible – removable lining therein
Patent
1994-07-20
1996-11-05
Jenkins, Robert W.
Imperforate bowl: centrifugal separators
Rotatable bowl
Including flexible, removable lining therein
494 18, B04B 708
Patent
active
055710689
ABSTRACT:
A blood component separating device comprises a centrifuge bowl adapted for rotation about its axis in a centrifuge. The bowl defines an outer arcuate wall plus an inner circumferential wall, spaced from the outer wall, to define a arcuate slot adapted for receiving blood components. Access tubing is adapted for communication with the slot. Preferably, an elongated, flexible, collapsible inner liner is provided in the slot. Individual access tubing also may communicate with an elongated container interior between the ends of the elongated, collapsible container. Furthermore, a portion of the slot may define the shape of an outwardly extending spiral, to provide an increasing gravitational field upon fluids therein as the fluid moves along the slot.
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Bacehowski David V.
Cullis Herbert M.
VanBaelen Armand R.
Baxter International Inc.
Jenkins Robert W.
Price Bradford R. L.
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