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  • Method and apparatus for collecting hyperconcentrated platelets
    Patent number: 6022306
    Abstract: The instant invention relates to a method and the apparatus for collecting a hyperconcentrated platelet product. A fluid containing platelets and other particles flows into a fluid chamber at a flow rate. The flow rate of the fluid is selected to retain the majority of the platelets in the fluid chamber in a saturated bed. The platelets are collected from the fluid chamber without collecting the other particles to form a hyperconcentrated other particle reduced platelet product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2000
    Assignee: COBE Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry Joe Dumont, Linda A. Taylor, Geert Van Waeg