Disposable set for separations of blood into its components
First Claim
1. A disposable set for a blood separations system comprising:
- a needle adapted to draw blood from a donor;
a continuous-flow centrifuge disk including;
an inner disk wall;
an outer disk wall; and
a separation channel therebetween including;
an inner surface, an outer surface, an inlet port to introduce whole blood into the separation channel, a first outlet port to remove concentrated red blood cells from the separation channel, a second outlet port to remove plasma from the separation channel, and wherein the inner surface and the outer surface of the separation channel are each independently configured at a non-zero angle relative to a spin axis;
a manifold including;
a housing with a back cover and a front cover;
fluid pathways inside the housing;
one or more elastomer diaphragms at least partially inside the housing in fluid communication with one or more of the fluid pathways;
one or more valves in fluid communication with one or more of the fluid pathways, adapted to be deformed, wherein the deforming of the one or more valves closes one or more fluid pathways; and
one or more sets of tubing segments in fluid communication with one or more of the fluid pathways, wherein the tubing segments are adapted to be depressed to move fluid through one or more of the tubing segments;
one or more product bags adapted to hold blood components separated in the continuous-flow centrifuge; and
tubing connecting the continuous-flow centrifuge to the needle, to the manifold, and to the one or more product bags.
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Abstract
Described herein is a continuous-flow centrifuge (CFC) which may be embodied in an automated system for collecting and separating whole blood into its components. The collection and separation system includes a console and a disposable set. Various blood processing procedures which produce specific blood products may be implemented by using a specific disposable set for each process. The disposable set may include a manifold, a CFC, and various components attached by tubing. These components may include one or more solution bags, blood product bags, bacterial filters, leukofilters, and a donor blood collection tube with access needle. The manifold and CFC disk may be included in a cassette that mounts onto the front panel of the console. The console may contain valve actuators, pressure transducers, ultrasonic sensors, a roller pump assembly, a CFC drive system, optical sensors, electronics, software, user interface components, a bar code reader and data acquisition components.
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1. A disposable set for a blood separations system comprising:
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a needle adapted to draw blood from a donor;
a continuous-flow centrifuge disk including;
an inner disk wall;
an outer disk wall; and
a separation channel therebetween including;
an inner surface, an outer surface, an inlet port to introduce whole blood into the separation channel, a first outlet port to remove concentrated red blood cells from the separation channel, a second outlet port to remove plasma from the separation channel, and wherein the inner surface and the outer surface of the separation channel are each independently configured at a non-zero angle relative to a spin axis;
a manifold including;
a housing with a back cover and a front cover;
fluid pathways inside the housing;
one or more elastomer diaphragms at least partially inside the housing in fluid communication with one or more of the fluid pathways;
one or more valves in fluid communication with one or more of the fluid pathways, adapted to be deformed, wherein the deforming of the one or more valves closes one or more fluid pathways; and
one or more sets of tubing segments in fluid communication with one or more of the fluid pathways, wherein the tubing segments are adapted to be depressed to move fluid through one or more of the tubing segments;
one or more product bags adapted to hold blood components separated in the continuous-flow centrifuge; and
tubing connecting the continuous-flow centrifuge to the needle, to the manifold, and to the one or more product bags. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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