DEHYDRATED PLASMA KIT

• US 20110282325A1
• Filed: 01/26/2010
• Published: 11/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ore-Gon Biomedical Engineering Institute
• Original Assignee: Ore-Gon Biomedical Engineering Institute
• Inventors: Gregory, Kenton W.
• Application Number:
  US13/145,865
• Publication Number:
  US 20110282325A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/518
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/10 Bag-type containers
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 1/0272 Apparatus for treatment of blood or blood constituents prior to or for conservation, e.g. freezing, drying or centrifuging
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2202/0415 Plasma
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6054 Magnetic identification systems
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/6072 Bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2205/7545 for solid matter, e.g. microaggregates
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/14 Infusion devices, e.g. infusing by gravity; Blood infusion; Accessories therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 5/165 Filtering accessories, e.g. blood filters, filters for infusion liquids A61M1/14 , A61M1/34, A61M1/3627, A61M1/3679, A61M1/3687 take precedence; needle sets with incorporated air inlet filters A61M5/162

Abstract

The present invention relates to a portable kit and methods for administering a therapeutic dose of autologous plasma to an injured person.

Claims

1. A kit for storing a therapeutic dose of autologous plasma obtained from a single donor prior to injury, comprising:

a. a first container filled with a predetermined quantity of dehydrated plasma obtained from the single donor; and

b. a tag having identifying information to identify the donor as the source of the dehydrated plasma.

2. The kit of claim 1, wherein the first container comprises a fluid inlet for filling the container with fluid to rehydrate the autologous dehydrated plasma and a fluid outlet for administering rehydrated autologous plasma to the donor.

3. The kit of claim 2, wherein the fluid outlet comprises a filter for removing dehydrated plasma particulates.

4. The kit of claim 1, further comprising a second container for storing the first container.

5. The kit of claim 1, wherein the dehydrated plasma is sterile

6. The kit of claim 1, wherein the volume of the first container is in the range of 400 ml to 2000 ml.

7. The kit of claim 1, wherein the predetermined quantity of dehydrated plasma is in the range of 30 g to 140 g.

8. A method for administering a therapeutic dose of autologous plasma to a single donor following injury, comprising:

a. providing a kit according to any one of claims 1-7;

b. rehydrating the plasma powder with a liquid; and

c. administering the rehydrated plasma to the injured donor.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising identifying the donor as the source of the dehydrated plasma prior to said administering the rehydrated autologous plasma to the injured donor.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein a predetermined volume of liquid is added to the plasma powder.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the predetermined volume of liquid is in the range of 400 ml to 2000 ml.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the liquid is sterile water for injection.

13. A method for preparing and storing an autologous plasma sample, comprising:

a. obtaining a sample of blood from a single donor;

b. separating whole plasma from the sample of blood;

c. dehydrating the whole plasma to form a dehydrated plasma;

d. storing a predetermined quantity of the dehydrated plasma in a container; and

e. labeling the container with a tracking label having identifying information to match the plasma to the single donor.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the predetermined quantity of the powder is in the container is in the range of 30 g to 140 g.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising sterilizing the dehydrated plasma.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein said dehydrating the whole plasma comprises freeze-drying the whole plasma.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the volume of the container is in the range of 400 ml to 2000 ml.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the container comprises a fluid inlet for filling the container with fluid to rehydrate the autologous dehydrated plasma and a fluid outlet for administering rehydrated autologous plasma to the injured donor

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the fluid outlet comprises a filter for removing unhydrated dehydrated plasma particulates.