Patent ID: 6740239
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: A61M,B01F

Abstract:
A method for processing a blood concentrate product for separating a medicinally valuable blood component comprising: connecting at least one product bag containing a blood concentrate product to be proceased with a tube system having a plurality of tubes connected to a multi-way connector and connecting also a solution bag containing a diluting solution via a solution tube to the tube system in communication with the multi-way connector, suspending the at least one product bag containing the blood concentrate product to be processed in a cassette, processing the blood concentrate product in the at least one product bag by oscillating the cassette forwards and backwards in an incomplete pendulum swing, adding the diluting solution from the solution bag through the tube system in an adapted portion to each of the at least one product bags, keeping the cassette in motion until all blood concentrate products are dissolved in the added diluting solution, and transferring the contents of all of the at least one product bags in the cassette to a ring bag for a subsequent centrifugation processing step.