Method for preserving blood fluid
First Claim
1. A method for treating fluid including blood, comprising the steps of:
- providing an umbilical cord closed at opposite ends and containing a blood fluid to be treated;
adding through said umbilical cord an additive to said blood fluid in said umbilical cord; and
moving said blood fluid in said umbilical cord to distribute said additive throughout said blood fluid in said umbilical cord.
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Abstract
In a method for preserving umbilical cord blood, a severed umbilical cord is provided which has at least one tubular blood vessel closed at opposite ends to maintain fluid in the vessel. An anticoagulant is added to blood fluids in the vessel, and the blood fluid is moved in the vessel to distribute the anticoagulant throughout the blood. An associated apparatus comprises a container, a support within the container for supporting an umbilical cord, an injector or other fluid adding device engageable with the umbilical cord in the container for introducing an anticoagulant into at least one tubular vessel in the umbilical cord, and a fluid moving device at least partially inside the container for moving blood fluid contained in the tubular vessel.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for treating fluid including blood, comprising the steps of:
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providing an umbilical cord closed at opposite ends and containing a blood fluid to be treated; adding through said umbilical cord an additive to said blood fluid in said umbilical cord; and moving said blood fluid in said umbilical cord to distribute said additive throughout said blood fluid in said umbilical cord. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for treating fluid including blood, comprising the steps of:
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providing an umbilical cord closed at opposite ends and containing a blood fluid to be treated; and at least partially automatically moving said fluid in said umbilical cord to prevent coagulation of blood in said fluid. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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