Patents Assigned to CaridianBCT Biotechnologies, LLC
  • Pathogen Inactivation of Whole Blood
    Publication number: 20080299538
    Abstract: This invention is directed toward a method of pathogen inactivating whole blood. The steps include collecting whole blood from a donor into a bag; illuminating the whole blood with light at a sufficient energy so that an alloxazine photosensitizer present in the whole blood may be photolyzed to inactivate any pathogens which may be present in the whole blood; and storing the pathogen inactivated whole blood. The invention also includes a method of separating the pathogen inactivated whole blood into components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: CARIDIANBCT BIOTECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Raymond P. GOODRICH, Dennis J. HLAVINKA, Heather L. REDDY
  • Apparatus and method for separating volumes of a composite liquid with a balancing assembly
    Patent number: 7438679
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for balancing a centrifuge having interconnected hydraulic chambers in containers on a rotor, each container being adapted to receive a composite fluid, comprising transferring, by the rotation of the rotor, hydraulic liquid from a source to the interconnected hydraulic chambers to balance the centrifuge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: CaridianBCT Biotechnologies, LLC
    Inventors: Dennis J. Hlavinka, Eric T. Hansen