Patent ID: 9421318
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: A61J,A61M,B01L,B04B

Claim Text:
1. A blood bag system for separation of whole blood into at least two separate blood components with a centrifuge system comprising a rotor rotatable about an axis of rotation, the blood bag system comprising: a first deformable container of whole blood, the first container having a volume greater than the volume of whole blood therein; a second deformable container of whole blood, the second container having a volume greater than the volume of whole blood therein; the first and second containers and the volume of blood contained therein being substantially identical; a holder being configured for mounting to the rotor of the centrifuge for rotation therewith, the holder having a receptacle comprising first, second and third compartments positioned sequentially and symmetrically about a radius of the rotor with a relatively narrow channel separating each of the first compartment from the second compartment and the second compartment from the third compartment, the first, second and third compartments receiving the first and second containers therein with the first deformable container of whole blood being received in the receptacle such that substantially all of the whole blood is contained in the first compartment and the second deformable container of whole blood being received in the receptacle such that substantially all of the whole blood contained is contained in the third compartment of the receptacle.