Patent ID: 9089640
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for introducing at least one compound within erythrocytes; the apparatus ( 1 ) comprises a system ( 2 ) of connection channels, which includes a first and a second channel ( 9 , 10 ); an introducing unit ( 3 ) for inserting a sample containing the erythrocytes within the apparatus ( 1 ); a separating unit ( 4 ) for separating the different components of the sample from one another; a combining unit ( 5 ), which comprises a first reservoir ( 6 ) and in the area of which the erythrocytes and the compound are combined together so as to obtain treated erythrocytes; an inlet ( 7 ) for inserting the compound in the first reservoir ( 6 ); a feeding unit ( 8 ), for feeding a first solution through the first channel ( 9 ) and feeding a second solution through the second channel ( 10 ); a concentrating unit ( 11 ) for concentrating the content of the first reservoir ( 6 ); and a collecting unit ( 12 ), which comprises a second reservoir ( 13 ) for collecting treated erythrocytes; the concentrating unit ( the system ( the apparatus ( the feeding unit ( the collecting unit ( the apparatus comprises an air sensor (