Abstract:
Blood separation systems and methods draw whole blood from a blood donor selected from a population of blood donors. The whole blood of the selected blood donor has a known hematocrit value that varies within the population of blood donors according to morphology of the selected blood donor. The systems and methods operate a pump in the inlet line to convey a volume of whole blood from the donor at a commanded flow rate for processing into plasma constituent and concentrated red blood cells. The systems and methods set the commanded flow rate to vary the volume of whole blood conveyed over time as a function of the known hematocrit value of the selected donor. The systems and methods obtain, after processing the whole blood volume, a targeted volume of concentrated red blood cells, which is substantially constant for the population of blood donors despite variances in known hematocrit values among the donors.
Abstract:
The method comprises adding to the whole blood, prior to separation, an anticoagulant solution comprising citric acid, trisodium citrate and dextrose and no phosphate, and storing the separated red blood cells in a storage solution comprising dextrose, adenine, mannitol and sodium chloride.
Abstract:
A processing system (30) separates a cellular rich suspen- sion (32) into a cellular first constituent (36) and cellular-free sec- ond constituent (38). The system (30) includes a separation zone (40) that receives the cellular rich suspension (32) and discharges the first (36) and second constituents (38). The system (30) coord- inates the flow of cellular rich suspension (32) into the separation zone (40) with the flow of cellular-free second constituent (38) from the separation zone (40) to get a desired nominal separation efficiency. The system (30) also recirculates the cellular first con- stituent (36) back into the zone (40). By continuously recirculat- ing the cellular first constituent (36) back into the separation zone (40), the system (30) can get and maintain a desired volume of the first constituent (36), despite the volume of cellular rich suspen- sion (32) that is processed. By continuously recirculating the cel- lular first constituent (36) back into the separation zone (40), the system (30) also can provide operating conditions within the se- paration zone (40) that maximize separation efficiencies but that, without the benefits of recirculation, could otherwise damage or traumatize the cellular first constituent (36).
Abstract:
Blood separation systems and methods utilize a membrane separation device (5 2) comprising a gap (60) between a microporous membrane (64) and a surface (56) facing the microporous membrane (64), one of the microporous membrane (64) a nd the surface (56) being rotatable relative to the other to cause separation o f whole blood in the gap (60) into plasma and concentrated red blood cells. The systems and methods include an inlet pump element (20) and a drive element (46) coupled to the membrane separation device (52) and the steps of commanding the inlet pump element (20) and the drive element (46) as a function of the known beginning hematocrit value to obtain concentrated red blood cells having a high end hematocrit value that remains substantially constant despite variances in th e known beginning hematocrit value.
Abstract:
A processing system (30) separates a cellular rich suspen- sion (32) into a cellular first constituent (36) and cellular-free sec- ond constituent (38). The system (30) includes a separation zone (40) that receives the cellular rich suspension (32) and discharges the first (36) and second constituents (38). The system (30) coord- inates the flow of cellular rich suspension (32) into the separation zone (40) with the flow of cellular-free second constituent (38) from the separation zone (40) to get a desired nominal separation efficiency. The system (30) also recirculates the cellular first con- stituent (36) back into the zone (40). By continuously recirculat- ing the cellular first constituent (36) back into the separation zone (40), the system (30) can get and maintain a desired volume of the first constituent (36), despite the volume of cellular rich suspen- sion (32) that is processed. By continuously recirculating the cel- lular first constituent (36) back into the separation zone (40), the system (30) also can provide operating conditions within the se- paration zone (40) that maximize separation efficiencies but that, without the benefits of recirculation, could otherwise damage or traumatize the cellular first constituent (36).
Abstract:
The method comprises adding to the whole blood, prior to separation, an anticoagulant solution comprising citric acid, trisodium citrate and dextrose and no phosphate, and storing the separated red blood cells in a storage solution comprising dextrose, adenine, mannitol and sodium chloride.
Abstract:
Blood separation systems and methods utilize a membrane separation device (52) comprising a gap (60) between a microporous membrane (64) and a surface (56) facing the microporous membrane (64), one of the microporous membranes (64) and the surface (56) being rotatable relative to the other to cause separation of whole blood in the gap (60) into plasma and concentrated red blood cells. The systems and methods include an inlet pump element (20) and a drive element (46) coupled to the membrane separation device (52) and the steps of commanding the inlet pump element (20) and the drive element (46) as a function of the known beginning hematocrit value to obtain concentrated red blood cells having a high end hematocrit value that remains substantially constant despite variances in the known beginning hematocrit value.