Patent ID: 11883570
Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 14:
15. A blood transfusion system comprising: a blood collection needle for insertion into a donor of blood; a first blood bag for containing blood collected from the donor, the first blood bag including a first port and a second port; a second blood bag; a filter configured to remove leukocytes in blood from the first blood bag; a blood transfusion unit; a first channel connecting the second port of the first blood bag and the filter; a second channel connecting the filter and the blood transfusion unit; and a bypass channel connected between a first branch point of the first channel and a second branch point of the second channel and that enables blood in the first blood bag to bypass the filter; a first connecting portion coupled to the second channel; a second connecting portion coupled to the blood transfusion unit, the second connecting portion being removably connected to the first connecting portion; a blood collection tube connected between a third branch point and the first port of the first blood bag; a first tube that connects the third branch point and the second blood bag; a second tube that connects the third branch point and the blood collection needle; and a first pump fluidly coupled to the blood collection tube and configured to pump blood from the donor into the first blood bag through the first port, wherein the first pump is also configured to pump blood from the donor into the second blood bag.