Patent ID: 11964286
Assignee: TERUMO BCT, INC.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  A  C | IPC A  B  C

Claim 8:
9. The A chamber for separating particles from a liquid, the chamber comprising:
a first side wall defining a first volume, the first volume being frustro-conical;
a second side wall defining a second volume located above the first volume;
a first port in fluid communication with the first volume, wherein the first port is located at a junction between the first side wall and the second side wall; an injection-directing surface configured to direct inflowing fluid from the first port along a frustro-conical portion of the first side wall;
a second port in fluid communication with the first volume, wherein the second port is located at an apex of the first volume;
a third port in fluid communication with the second volume, wherein the third port is located in an upper portion of the second volume, above the second port; and
a shelf including the injection-directing surface, the shelf being generally planar and being perpendicular to an axis of the chamber, the axis being defined as a line from the second port to the third port.