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7566315 Blood component collection apparatus and method  
A blood component collection apparatus comprises a blood component collecting circuit which includes an anticoagulant line for feeding an anticoagulant and a line for collecting an initial flow of...
7503901 Collection bag system with preformed loop  
The invention concerns a bag system for collecting a biological fluid the system intended for use in a collection machine including a peristaltic pump, the system including, in closed circuit, a...
7465285 Control system for driving fluids through an extracorporeal blood circuit  
A control deck and system for controlling and driving blood fluids through an extracorporeal blood circuit kit. In one aspect, the invention is a deck having an improved mechanism for securing a...
7374677 Two stage hemofiltration that generates replacement fluid  
The present invention relates to a system for two-stage blood dialysis of a patient. In one embodiment, the system comprises a first filtration device for receiving the blood from the patient and...
7364562 Anti-clotting apparatus and methods for fluid handling system  
A method for maintaining clear passageways in an extracorporeal blood flow system. The method comprises intermittently providing one or more anti-clotting agents to a passageway of the...
7354415 Extra-corporeal blood processing method and apparatus based on donor characteristics  
Methods and apparatus particularly involving the separation of blood into blood components and the collection of such components are disclosed. In one aspect, an extra-corporeal method for the...
7351218 Device and process for extracorporeal treatment by citrate anticoagulant  
A device for treating blood by extracorporeal circulation comprising a filter having a first chamber and a second chamber separated by a semi-permeable membrane. The device has an arterial line...
7314554 Extracorporeal blood treatment machine  
The invention relates to an extracorporeal blood treatment machine in which a blood circuit ( 3 ) is equipped with an inlet line leading to a filtration unit ( 2 ) and with an outlet line ( 3 b )...
7217356 Medical system, method and apparatus employing MEMS  
A biological suspension processing system is disclosed that may include a suspension treatment device for treating one or more components of a biological suspension, a first fluid flow path for...
7169547 High concentration white blood cells as a therapeutic product  
A therapeutic product formed from a high concentration of white blood cells having a high degree of cell viability. The white blood cells are sequestered from their normal population presence in...
6900231 Aminopyridyl-substituted phenyl acetamides as protease inhibitors  
Phenyl acetamide compounds are described, including compounds of or a solvate, hydrate or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein R 3 -R 6 , R 11 , B, Y and W are set forth in the...
6855120 Apheresis system with anticoagulant flow control  
An apheresis system is disclosed which may include a separation chamber; a suspension flow path which communicates at one end with the separation chamber and includes a connector at the other end...
6752777 Blood component collecting apparatus  
Platelets are collected from blood by delivering blood from a blood source to a centrifugal separator and operating the separator to separate plasma from the blood. The separated plasma is...
6743191 Substitution infusion fluid and citrate anticoagulation  
The invention relates to a substitution infusion fluid for hemofiltration of a specific composition. The use of said substitution infusion fluid significantly reduces the risk of the occurrence of...
6713246 Method of producing interleukin-1 receptor antagonist in a syringe filled with blood  
The present invention relates to a method for producing interleukin-1 receptor antagonists, a prophylatically or therapeutically effective protein. A syringe is filled with a body fluid and...
6544206 Dialysis access system and method  
A method of and system for providing vascular access in a patient for hemodialysis involves attaching the distal end of an access catheter to the abdominal aorta of the patient and the proximal end...
6527957 Methods for separating, collecting and storing red blood cells  
Methods are disclosed for the collection of red blood cells whereby whole blood is combined with an anticoagulant, red cells are separated from the whole blood and the separated red cells are...
6511439 Blood-collecting device  
A blood-collecting device comprises an outer cylinder, a gasket slidable in the outer cylinder, and a plunger for the moving operation of the gasket. A ventilatable filter member is mounted on the...
6508778 System for withdrawal of blood  
The invention comprises a disposable tubing set ( 4 ) for connection to a rigid canister ( 2 ) that is maintained at a controlled reduced (vacuum) pressure. The set is used for collecting and...
6106509 Closed circuit autologous sequestration reservoir system  
An apparatus is provided for autologous sequestration of blood from a patient prior to, during and after surgery. Sequestered blood contained in an assembly of oxygenated blood collection bags is...
6033561 Apheresis system incorporating alternative site for anticoagulant addition  
An extracorporeal blood processing method and system wherein blood is extracted from a mammalian subject through a blood withdrawal tube having a blood pump, such as a peristaltic pump, positioned...
6007725 Systems and methods for on line collection of cellular blood components that assure donor comfort  
Systems and methods convey anticoagulated blood suspension from a donor into a separation device for component separation. One or more components are retained for therapeutic use, while one or more...
5997496 System and method of extracorporeally treating blood to alleviate the symptoms of inflammatory diseases  
An extracorporeal blood circulation system for treating inflammatory diseases includes a blood collection device for collecting blood from a patient suffering from an inflammatory disease, an...
5910252 Technique for extracorporeal treatment of blood  
Blood from a patient is treated extracorporeally by any selected one of a plurality of predetermined treatments. Each of the treatments involves the flow of blood from the patient into a primary...
5899874 Preparation and method for production of platelet concentrates with significantly prolonged viabilty during storage  
The invention relates to a water-based preparation to be mixed with blood, containing citrate ions which inhibit coagulation, as well as a method applied at collection of blood from a living...
5885239 Method for collecting red blood cells  
A rotor for collecting and centrifuging biological fluids in a range of volumes. The rotor includes an elastic impermeable diaphragm which defines at least a portion of a variable-volume processing...
5817042 Method and apparatus for controlling concentrations in vivos and in tubing systems  
A method and apparatus for maximizing the total amount of blood processed during an apheresis procedure by optimizing the concentration of anticoagulant in a donor/patient and the associated...
5801063 Device and process for the biospecific removal of heparin  
A method and device is described for direct removal of heparin from whole blood during extracorporeal therapy. In clinical situations where the blood is heparinized to prevent clotting in the...
5783093 Blood cell concentrates using a single solution for anticoagulation and preservation  
A method for preparing red blood cell concentrates uses a single additive solution composition having a reduced citrate concentration both for anticoagulation of whole blood and for preserving red...
5681273 Systems and methods for predicting blood processing parameters  
Systems and methods predict a whole blood processing volume required to achieve a desired platelet yield based upon inputs of selected processing parameters.
5676645 Method and apparatus for controlling concentrations in vivos and in tubing systems  
A method and apparatus for maximizing the total amount of blood processed during an apheresis procedure by optimizing the concentration of anticoagulant in a donor/patient and the associated...
5676841 Blood processing systems and methods which monitor citrate return to the donor  
Blood collection systems and methods minimize citrate toxicity in donors. The systems and methods convey whole blood at a prescribed rate Q b into a separation device for separation into red blood...
5665061 Biological/pharmaceutical method and apparatus for collecting and mixing fluids  
A blood circulation apparatus includes a suction wand for receiving blood from a patient, a reservoir for collecting received blood, a flow path between the suction wand and the reservoir, and an...
5643193 Apparatus for collection washing and reinfusion of shed blood  
An integrated, vacuum-driven shed blood processing system that collects, dilutes, filters and washes postoperatively shed blood and concentrates red blood cells for reinfusion to the patient. The...
5637081 Anticoagulant composition for use in blood dialysis circuit  
An anticoagulant composition for a blood dialysis circuit contains a fatty acid derivative in liquid form at ambient temperature, and an antioxidant. The antioxidant is contained in an amount of...
5571081 Per-operational autotransfusion suction device  
A per-operational autotransfusion suction device has a suction cannular 1 with a tabular section nozzle 5, communicating with an inner passage 6, 9 in the cannula, the cannula passage being...
5541167 Thromboresistant coating for defoaming applications  
A composition for coating medical blood contacting surfaces comprises a mixture of an anticoagulant and a defoaming agent. The coating composition is applied by either dipping the device into a...
5509895 Air trap chamber device for blood dialysis circuit containing an anticoagulant composition  
An anticoagulant composition for a blood dialysis circuit contains a fatty acid derivative in liquid form at ambient temperature, and an antioxidant. The antioxidant is contained in an amount of...
5421812 Method and apparatus for controlling concentrations in tubing system  
A method and apparatus for determining, controlling or establishing the level of a constituent such as anticoagulant in a body fluid such as blood in a procedure for processing the fluid. The...
5407425 System for the collecting and retransfusion of autologous blood  
In a closed system for collecting and retransfusing autologous blood having a collecting vessel (4) to receive the blood and an anticoagulant fluid, as well as a retransfusion line (14, 14')...
5387187 Red cell apheresis method  
The present invention provides an apheresis apparatus and method for separating blood. A phlebotomy needle draws anticoagulated whole blood from a donor into a separation chamber. The separation...
5378227 Biological/pharmaceutical method and apparatus for collecting and mixing fluids  
A blood circulation apparatus includes a suction wand for receiving blood from a patient, a reservoir for collecting received blood, a conduit connecting the suction wand and the reservoir, an...
5348533 Pheresis apparatus  
The length of time required to draw, centrifugally separate, harvest blood components and return blood components is reduced by providing a two-arm pheresis system in which blood is drawn from one...
5286388 Method for neutralizing heparin in whole blood taken from an extracorporeal circuit  
A method for heparin neutralization within a blood bag containing whole blood and CPDA anti-coagulant, or the like, recovered from an extracorporeal circuit having heparin induced into the blood...
5188588 Single needle continuous hemapheresis apparatus and methods  
Blood separation is accomplished by alternately extracting blood from and reinfusing blood into a donor by way of a single needle while simultaneously and continuously separating the extracted...
5160333 Method for mixing blood with anticoagulant  
A method for mixing blood with anticoagulant in conjunction with an autologous blood transfusion system employs a mixing tube for directing the blood to the bottom of a blood bag.
5122112 Antigen-specific removal of circulating immune complexes  
Extracorporeal perfusion using an immunoadsorbent material specific for disease-related antigens is used for therapy of the disease state. Antibodies to particular antigens, including tumor...
4976682 Methods and apparatus for autologous blood recovery  
Improved methods and apparatus for the collection, purification and reinfusion of blood from a wound site. The present invention provides a source of anticoagulated washing fluid in proportion to...
4968295 Method of separating the constituents of the blood  
The invention relates to the control of a system in a blood centrifuge for separating the constituents (fractions) of the whole blood taken from a donor "in vivo" and provided with anticoagulants....
4886487 Autotransfusion apparatus  
Autotransfusion apparatus is disclosed for employing a patient's blood as a source for providing a transfusion, and which can also supply anticoagulant and diluting solution to the blood collected...
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