Patent ID: 7708710
Filing Date: 2010-05-04
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A method for collecting and separating whole blood into one or more components comprising: providing a disposable blood separation fluid circuit adapted to cooperate with a reusable separation controller, the fluid circuit including a fluid flow path for communication with a blood source, a first container in fluid communication with the fluid flow path and a second container in fluid communication with the first container and the fluid flow path; connecting the fluid flow path to a blood source; flowing quantities of whole blood into said containers; centrifugally processing at least a portion of said quantity of whole blood in the first container to separate it into the desired components for removal of at least a portion of one of said components from the first container; disconnecting the source from the fluid circuit after flowing said quantities of whole blood into said containers; and beginning to centrifugally process at least a portion of the other of said quantities of whole blood after disconnecting the source.