Patent ID: 7306555
Filing Date: 2007-12-11
Classification: A61M,B04B

Abstract:
1. A disposable centrifuge apparatus comprising: a separation chamber consisting essentially of a first chamber section and a second chamber section, separated by a divider element with each chamber section including a cylindrical elongated portion adjacent to the divider element, a collection portion with a side wall that slopes inward toward the central axis of the chamber section to define a reducing circular cross-section along the central axis, a cylindrical nipple attached to the collection portion, and a port providing an inlet and an outlet path for fluid to the chamber section; and a tubing assembly including first and second tubing sections attached to the chamber section ports at a first end and a three-way tubing connector connecting second ends of the first and second tubing sections, wherein the tubing assembly is shaped substantially as an arc; a third tubing section having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is attached to the three-way tubing connector; a fourth tubing section having a first end and a second end; and a tube clamp connecting the second end of the third tubing section and the first end of the fourth tubing section, wherein the clamp comprises a tapered section; wherein the first, second and third tubing sections of the tubing assembly form a loop and are in fluid communication with each other and the separation chamber.