Extracorporeal blood processing methods
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1. A method for processing blood in an apheresis system, comprising the steps of:
- selecting a blood component packing factor range from about 11 to about 15, wherein said packing factor is equal to the square of a channel housing rotational speed, multiplied by an average distance from a rotational axis of a channel housing to an outer wall of a channel, multiplied by a sedimentation velocity of red blood cells at 1 G, multiplied by a volume of a channel, divided by the width of a channel, and divided by a blood flow rate to a blood processing vessel within a channel;
providing an apheresis system comprising a channel housing having a first stage of a blood processing channel with an outer wall, a width and a volume, a blood processing vessel positioned within said channel, and a rotational axis; and
rotating said channel housing at a first rotational speed, and providing a flow comprising blood to said blood processing vessel at a first flow rate to separate said blood into a plurality of blood components, such that the packing factor produced by (i) said rotational speed, (ii) an average distance from said rotational axis to said outer wall of said channel, (iii) said channel volume, (iv) said channel width, and (v) said flow rate;
is within said selected packing factor range.
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Abstract
A method for processing blood in an apheresis system is disclosed. The present invention includes selecting a packing factor for separated blood component types in the separation stage(s) of a blood processing vessel. A packing factor is a number that reflects the degree with which the blood component types are packed together in the separation stage(s) and is dependent at least upon the rotational speed and the flow rate into the blood processing vessel. The method further includes providing an apheresis system and operating it under conditions to separate the blood into a plurality of blood component types and achieve the selected packing factor.
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1. A method for processing blood in an apheresis system, comprising the steps of:
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selecting a blood component packing factor range from about 11 to about 15, wherein said packing factor is equal to the square of a channel housing rotational speed, multiplied by an average distance from a rotational axis of a channel housing to an outer wall of a channel, multiplied by a sedimentation velocity of red blood cells at 1 G, multiplied by a volume of a channel, divided by the width of a channel, and divided by a blood flow rate to a blood processing vessel within a channel; providing an apheresis system comprising a channel housing having a first stage of a blood processing channel with an outer wall, a width and a volume, a blood processing vessel positioned within said channel, and a rotational axis; and rotating said channel housing at a first rotational speed, and providing a flow comprising blood to said blood processing vessel at a first flow rate to separate said blood into a plurality of blood components, such that the packing factor produced by (i) said rotational speed, (ii) an average distance from said rotational axis to said outer wall of said channel, (iii) said channel volume, (iv) said channel width, and (v) said flow rate;
is within said selected packing factor range. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for processing blood in an apheresis system comprising a blood processing vessel and a channel housing having a diameter of no greater than about ten inches and comprising a blood processing channel, said blood processing vessel being positioned in said channel, said method comprising the steps of:
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selecting a packing factor of blood components in a first stage of said channel of at least 10, wherein said packing factor is a dimensionless quantification of the degree of packing of the blood components in said first stage; rotating said channel housing and providing a flow to said blood processing vessel at a rate ranging from about 40 milliliters per minute to about 70 milliliters per minute, said flow comprising blood to separate said blood into a plurality of blood components in said first stage of said channel at said packing factor of blood components; and removing at least one of said plurality of blood components from said blood processing vessel. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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