Patent ID: 9119914
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. In a therapeutic procedure in which a selected blood component is separated from a patient's whole blood, and replaced with a previously-collected blood component, the procedure utilizing a durable separation device comprising a programmable controller including a user interface and a single-use kit, the kit comprising an inlet line, a separation chamber, and a return pathway, a method for priming at least a portion of the kit with previously-collected blood or blood product prior to flowing the patient's whole blood into the inlet line of the kit, the method comprising: entering into the controller a hematocrit value of the previously-collected blood or blood product; entering into the controller in response to a prompt by the controller a target hematocrit value for the previously-collected blood or blood product when residing in the kit; entering into the controller in response to a prompt by the controller an identification of the portion of the kit to be primed with the previously-collected blood or blood product; priming the identified portion of the kit by automatically introducing a selected amount of said previously-collected blood or blood product into said identified portion; connecting the patient to the inlet line and return pathway of the kit in response to a prompt from the controller after completion of the selected priming; and commencing with the therapeutic procedure, comprising tracking fluid balance of the patient accounting only for the volume drawn from and returned to the patient.