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Apparatus and process for conditioning mammalian blood

  • US 6,736,788 B1
  • Filed: 09/15/2000
  • Issued: 05/18/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A process of treating mammalian blood in a blood charge to provide a conditioned charge for giving to a patient in a medical procedure, the process including the steps:

  • providing an automatic apparatus for treating the blood charge to create said conditioned charge, and for presenting the conditioned charge ready for use, the apparatus having a secure environment, a door controlling access to the environment, a flask to receive the charge and stressors arranged to operate on the charge in the flask in the controlled environment;

    transporting the blood charge into the secure environment through thermoplastic inlet tubing for deposit in the flask;

    sealing and severing the inlet tubing;

    removing part of the inlet tubing outside the secure environment;

    initiating the operation of the automatic apparatus so that the stressors will operate on the charge for a predetermined period, thereby stressing the charge in the flask while maintaining the secure environment;

    allowing the apparatus time to transport the conditioned charge from the flask to a receiver; and

    opening the door to provide access to the receiver for use to give the conditioned charge to the patient.

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