Patent ID: 11896746
Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A blood component collection cassette, comprising:
a cassette main body, where a flow path is formed, and that is configured to be mountable to a blood component separation device,
wherein a sheet-shaped filter member for trapping a substance where blood components coagulate is arranged in the flow path in the cassette main body,
wherein the cassette main body has a filter housing that houses the filter member,
wherein a first tube having an inner cavity communicating with an inner space of the filter housing and a second tube having an inner cavity communicating with the inner space at a position different from a position where the first tube communicates with the inner space are arranged in the cassette main body,
wherein the inner space is separated by the filter member into a first space on the side of the first tube and a second space on the side of the second tube,
wherein the cassette main body has a first sheet and a second sheet which are formed of a soft material,
wherein the first sheet and the second sheet are superposed in a thickness direction,
wherein the flow path is formed between the first sheet and the second sheet,
wherein the first tube and the second tube are sandwiched between the first sheet and the second sheet in the thickness direction, and
wherein the first tube and the second tube are physically separate elements from the first sheet and the second sheet.