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8092075 Agitation/deaeration device  
An agitation/deaeration apparatus is provided which causes a container containing a viscous to-be-kneaded object to be rotated and revolved simultaneously, to agitate and deaerate the to-be-kneaded...
7347932 Apparatus and method for separating a volume of composite liquid into at least two components  
A method for separating a volume of a composite liquid into at least a first component and a second component is performed in a centrifuge cooperating with a separation bag containing the volume of...
7166217 Methods and apparatuses for blood component separation  
A system for separating a composite fluid into component parts thereof, including: a centrifuge having a rotor with a separation space and at least two valve members disposed thereon and a...
7001321 Carrier for holding a flexible fluid processing container  
A fluid processing assembly can be easily inserted into and removed from a rotatable centrifuge channel. The processing assembly comprises a processing container and a carrier. The processing...
6860846 Blood processing systems and methods with umbilicus-driven blood processing chambers  
A blood processing assembly comprises a frame rotatable about a rotational axis and a blood processing chamber carried by the frame for rotation about the rotational axis. An umbilicus has one end...
6832981 Tube arrangement and a method for its manufacture  
A multi-lumen tube arrangement for use in a centrifuge free of a sliding seal, the tube arrangement having at least two individual tubes which are rotated around one another around their...
6589153 Blood centrifuge with exterior mounted, self-balancing collection chambers  
A centrifuge disposable having a collection chamber for receiving and holding a fluid to be centrifuged, the chamber having an outer perimeter, an inner perimeter, a generally circular...
6344020 Bearing and umbilicus gimbal with bearing retainer in blood processing system  
A bearing supports a rotating element. The bearing comprises an inner annular body and an outer annular body about the inner annular body. A bearing surface, which is located between the inner...
5996634 Stress-bearing umbilicus for a compact centrifuge  
A stress-bearing umbilicus for conveying fluid between a stationary body and a rotating body comprises an umbilicus body made from an extruded first polyester elastomer material having flexibility....
5989177 Umbilicus gimbal with bearing retainer  
A blood processing centrifuge includes a disposable fluid processing assembly having a fluid processing chamber. Fluid is communicated to and from the fluid processing chamber through a flexible...
5759147 Blood separation chamber  
A blood component separating device comprises a centrifuge bowl adapted for rotation about its axis in a centrifuge. The bowl defines an outer circumferential wall plus an inner circumferential...
5722926 Method for separating particles  
A fluid chamber and method are disclosed for filtering or separating particles. The fluid chamber includes a wall extending between an inlet and outlet to form a fluid chamber interior. The...
5704887 Easy load umbilicus holder for a centrifuge  
A tube holder secures to the rotating processing chamber of a centrifuge tubing that conveys fluid to or from the chamber. The tube holder is part of a carrier that is connected by a pin to a...
5665048 Circumferentially driven continuous flow centrifuge  
A centrifuge for rotating a fluid retentive housing having fluid input and output tubing fixedly connected to a rotation axis of the fluid retentive housing, the centrifuge comprising: a frame; a...
5571068 Centrifuge assembly  
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,...
5514069 Stress-bearing umbilicus for a compact centrifuge  
An umbilicus conveys fluid between a stationary body and a rotating body in a small, compact operating environment. The umbilicus comprises an elongated body including a proximal end, a distal end,...
5501840 Multilumen tubing for centrifugal blood separator  
The present invention relates to a multiple-duct tube for centrifugal separators for blood in particular, suitable for connecting a rotating connector to a stationary connector. The multiple-duct...
5362291 Centrifugal processing system with direct access drawer  
A drawer-mounted centrifuge provides easy access for loading and unloading disposable processing elements. The centrifuge also includes an umbilicus holder that moves between an operating position...
5350514 Centrifuge  
The invention relates to a centrifuge comprising a separation chamber, with which a duct is permanently connected, a main rotor, on which the separation chamber is able to be bearinged in a...
5322620 Centrifugation system having an interface detection surface  
A system and method of separation of therapeutic components from blood. The system includes a dual member centrifuge and a disposable single use fluid transfer set. The set includes an elongated...
5224921 Small volume collection chamber  
A device and method are provided for separating mononuclear cells from red blood cell depleted plasma in a centrifuge blood cell separator. The device includes an inlet for receiving plasma, an...
5217572 Centrifugal evaporator-concentrator for concentrating specimens by evaporation of the solvent  
The centrifugal evaporator-concentrator includes a central tubular pivot (18) surmounted by a nozzle (35) and constituting the pivot axis of a rotor (9) rotating in a vessel (8) closed by a cover...
5217427 Centrifuge assembly  
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,...
5217426 Combination disposable plastic blood receiving container and blood component centrifuge  
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,...
5215376 Method for causing vortices in a test tube  
A test tube handling assembly has an elongate member with an end for engaging a test tube and an end opposite thereto driven about an axis of the member for orbital movement with its axis. The...
5160310 Centrifugal separator  
In a centrifuge rotor there is formed a separation chamber (4) having an inlet (24) for a mixture of components to be separated and two outlets (21,23) for the respective separated components. A...
5104526 Centrifugation system having an interface detection system  
A system and method of separation of therapeutic components from blood. The system includes a dual member centrifuge and a disposable single use fluid transfer set. The set includes an elongated...
5084133 Process for concentrating specimens by evaporation of the solvent with a centrifugal evaporator-concentrator  
The centrifugal evaporator-concentrator comprises a central tubular pivot (18) surmounted by a nozzle (35) and constituting the pivot axis of a rotor (9) rotating in a vessel (8) closed by a cover...
5005981 Apparatus for method for causing vortices in a test tube  
A test tube handling assembly has an elongate member with an end for engaging a test tube and an end opposite thereto driven about an axis of the member for orbital movement with its axis. The...
4953575 Washing device  
The invention relates to a washing device for cuvette sets. The cuvette set is placed into a holder (11) in a rotor (10). The washing liquid is removed from the cuvettes by rotating the rotor.
4950401 Centrifugal separator  
The invention concerns a centrifugal separator with a rotor (15), in which a flexible member (28), e.g. a hose, extends a distance along the periphery of the rotor. The hose defines two parallel...
4940543 Plasma collection set  
An apparatus and method of separating a component from a collected quantity of fluid. The apparatus includes a dual member centrifuge and an associated fluid flow transfer set. The transfer set has...
4936820 High volume centrifugal fluid processing system and method for cultured cell suspensions and the like  
A centrifugal processing system for cultured cellular suspensions comprises a reservoir for pooling a desired volume of the cellular suspension from a plurality of individual containers in which...
4934995 Blood component centrifuge having collapsible inner liner  
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,...
4874358 Dual axis continuous flow centrifugation apparatus and method  
This invention is a dual axis, continuous flow centrifuge apparatus and method. A centrifuge head rotates in a vertical orientation about a first axis which, in turn, is rotated in a horizontal...
4806252 Plasma collection set and method  
An apparatus and method of separating a component from a collected quantity of fluid. The apparatus includes a dual member centrifuge and an associated fluid flow transfer set. The transfer set has...
4798579 Rotor for centrifuge  
The present invention provides an improved rotor for a centrifuge that operates by centrifugal elutriation. The rotor consists of a chamber assembly, a disk assembly, and a quick release mechanism....
4778444 Rotatable supply and discharge conduit of a centrifugal separator  
In a centrifugal separator a flexible member for the transport of liquid to or from a centrifuge rotor is arranged to rotate around a rotating rotor in the same direction as the rotor but with only...
4710161 Continuous type centrifugal separator  
There is disclosed a continuous type centrifugal separator having simple structure in which the completedly closed system is realized, and which is suitable for separating the heavy and light...
4540397 Centrifugal apparatus  
A centrifugal apparatus, in particular a flow-through centrifugal apparatus for processing biological fluids in continuous fluid communication, has a flexible tube securely fixed to a rotatably...
4531932 Centrifugal plasmapheresis device  
The device comprises a single needle circuit having lines for admitting whole blood drawn from a patient to a continuously rotating rotor, re-introducing red cells and collecting plasma, the lines...
4459169 Rotatable bowl assembly for centrifugal processing apparatus having a bonded and prewound umbilical system  
A rotatable processing bowl assembly adapted for mounting in a centrifuge includes an umbilical tubing system formed of a plurality of individual flexible tubes each of which communicates with the...
4439178 Sealless centrifuge processing channel and tube system  
The disclosure is a disposable low-mass processing channel and multilumen tube system for operation with a 2ω sealless centrifuge in which the centrifuge rotor rotates at 2ω axially to a platform r...
4425112 Flow-through centrifuge  
A flow-through centrifuge free of rotating seals. The centrifuge includes a frame having three spaced apart horizontal plates which carry a central bowl, a countershaft and a tube-supporting hollow...
4372484 Device for the separation of a liquid, especially whole blood  
Apparatus for separating a liquid, such as whole blood, into fractions having different densities includes a separation chamber and a transfer device, such as a continuous piece of flexible tubing,...
4344560 Container, apparatus and method for separating platelets  
A container for the continuous centrifugal separation of platelets component in blood, having a first and a second closed chambers adaptable to be rotated around a rotation axis. Whole blood is...
4322298 Centrifugal cell separator, and method of use thereof  
This invention relates to a method and apparatus for the fractionation of a suspension of finely divided solid particles differing in sedimentation velocity, such as platelets and other blood...
4296882 Centrifugal fluid processing device  
A centrifugal separator for fluids, e.g. blood, comprised of components or ingredients having different specific gravities, in which a container is mounted on a rotor rotatable about the vertical...
4283004 Vibration attenuation support assembly for a centrifugal liquid processing apparatus  
The vibration attenuation support assembly is utilized in a centrifugal liquid processing apparatus for supporting a rotor assembly, a non-rotatable arm fixed to and forming part of the support...
4230263 Apparatus for accomplishing unlimited relative rotation of the ends of a filiform transmission element  
An apparatus for continuously transmitting electrical energy or a fluid stream between a fixed terminal and a continuously rotating terminal through a flexible continuous transmission element, such...
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