Patent ID: 9743660
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: A01N,A61J,A61M

Claim:
1. A system for preserving blood and its components, comprising: a bag for containing blood or its components, said bag permeable to xenon gas; a device having: a body defining a chamber, the chamber being configured to receive fully said bag containing blood or its components; a cover that is removably hermetically sealable to the body to seal all of said bag in said chamber; an inlet formed in the cover and in fluid communication with the chamber when the cover is connected to the body; a pressure indicator configured to indicate pressure in the chamber, at least a portion of said pressure indicator located external of an outer surface of said body, said pressure indicator in fluid communication with the chamber, the pressure indicator including a conduit containing a liquid that is movable based on a pressure in said chamber; an outlet duct, said outlet duct includes an inner portion that is frusto-conically shaped having an apex and a base; and wherein a portion of the conduit is transparent such that movement of the liquid in the conduit is visible; and, a source of pressurized xenon, the source being in fluid communication with the inlet of the device, the source being configured to provide pressurized xenon gas to the chamber while said bag is hermetically sealed in said chamber to thereby cause said xenon to penetrate said bag and saturate said blood or its components with said xenon while said blood or its components remain in the bag.