Apparatus and methods for making, storing, and administering freeze-dried materials such as freeze-dried plasma
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1. A method of freeze-drying a plasma comprising the steps of:
- providing a source of plasma,adding ascorbic acid to the plasma,transferring the plasma from the source into a receptacle; and
freeze-drying the plasma within the receptacle.
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Abstract
A method for preparing and a system containing freeze-dried plasma that will be reconstituted. Ascorbic acid is incorporated into the freeze-dried plasma prior to the plasma being reconstituted.
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1. A method of freeze-drying a plasma comprising the steps of:
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providing a source of plasma, adding ascorbic acid to the plasma, transferring the plasma from the source into a receptacle; and freeze-drying the plasma within the receptacle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6)
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4. A method comprising the steps of:
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providing a source of plasma, freeze-drying the source of plasma; providing a reconstitution fluid; reconstituting the freeze dried plasma material with the reconstitution fluid; and adding ascorbic acid to the freeze-dried plasma material prior to the step of reconstituting.
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7. A system comprising:
a flexible container including first chamber holding a freeze-dried material in a dry state, a second chamber holds a reconstituting liquid for the freeze-dried material, and an ascorbic acid material, the flexible container including an interior sealing wall sized and configured to form a barrier between the first chamber and the second chamber preventing contact between the freeze-dried material and the reconstituting liquid. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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