Imperforate bowl: centrifugal separators – Including sealing means – For sealing between stationary and moving elements
Patent
1998-02-17
1999-12-28
Cooley, Charles E.
Imperforate bowl: centrifugal separators
Including sealing means
For sealing between stationary and moving elements
494 48, 494 67, B04B 108
Patent
active
060074728
ABSTRACT:
A variable volume cell saver bowl to centrifuge blood for collection of red blood cells therefrom. The variable volume cell saver bowl is designed to vary the interior processing volume within the bowl to accommodate blood collections of various volumes in order to use the entire recovered volume of blood. The bowl includes generally an outer shell and an inner shell. The inner shell is disposed concentrically within the outer shell and defines a frusto-conical configuration similar to that of the outer shell first side wall. A piston head is secured to the inner shell lower end wall via at least one spacer. Rotation is imparted on the piston shaft or outer shell in order to rotate the bowl to create centrifugal force within the bowl. A linear displacement device is journalled to the distal end of the piston shaft in order to move the inner shell toward either the top or bottom end wall of the outer shell, thus reducing or increasing the interior processing volume within the bowl. In one embodiment of the bowl, the inner and outer shells are each configured with an upper end defining a cylindrical configuration. An upper seal is provided in this embodiment to prevent the collection of fluid within the upper end, thereby forcing substantially all of the blood to be processed into centrifugal separation.
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Schill David M.
Schill Joseph G.
Cooley Charles E.
Schill Enterprises, Inc.
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