Patent ID: 7837884
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: A61K,A61M,B01D,B01L,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for separating platelets from blood for application to a patient in a medical treatment, comprising: placing the blood in a container having a sidewall and a bottom at least partially defining a volume; positioning a float that has a surface that defines a collection area within the volume of the container; providing a force on the float and the blood; causing the float to move from near the bottom of the container within the volume due at least in part to the force provided on the float; sedimenting platelets from the blood placed in the container on a thin layer of erythrocytes resting on the surface of the float in the container within the volume; and accessing the volume through at least one of two access ports passing through a top wall at a top end of the container.