Method and apparatus for leukoreduction of red blood cells

Details Method and apparatus for leukoreduction of red blood cells Method and apparatus for leukoreduction of red blood cells

A - Human Necessities

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A61M 1/36 (2006.01) A61M 1/38 (2006.01)

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CA 2620230

This invention relates to a method for the continuous separation of red blood cells from whole blood which includes the steps of removing the whole blood from a donor, continuously separating the whole blood into blood component layers within a separation vessel including at least a plasma layer, a buffy coat layer and a red blood cell layer, removing the plasma layer from the separation vessel, removing the buffy coat layer from the separation vessel, and removing red blood cells from the red blood cell layer which partially overlaps with the buffy coat layer to create a mononuclear cell (MNC)-reduced red blood cell layer in the separation vessel.

Cette invention a pour objet une méthode pour la séparation continue de globules rouges du sang entier qui comporte les étapes de prélèvement de sang entier d~un donneur, de séparation continue dudit sang entier en couches de composants sanguins dans un flacon de séparation comprenant au moins une couche de plasma, une couche leuco-plaquettaire et une couche de globules rouges, de retrait de la couche de plasma du flacon de séparation, de retrait de la couche leuco-plaquettaire du flacon de séparation, et de retrait des globules rouges de la couches de globules rouges qui chevauche partiellement la couche leuco-plaquettaire afin de créer une couche de globules rouges contenant moins de leucocytes mononucléaires (MNC) dans le flacon de séparation.

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