Patent ID: 6315707
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: A61M,B04B

Abstract:
A blood separation apparatus comprisinga blood separation chamber adapted to be rotated about an axis and comprising a base including formed walls that define a continuous annular separation channel, an interior wall that extends across the separation channel to define a terminus having one side that faces one direction and an opposite side that faces an opposite direction, a hub that extends about the axis, an inlet passage extending from the hub radially into the separation channel on the one side of the terminus that conveys blood into the separation channel in a flow path for separation into a blood component and an outlet passage extending from the hub radially into the separation channel on the opposite side of the terminus that conveys the blood component from the flow path, anda mechanism to rotate the blood separation chamber about the axis in direction of blood flow in the flow path from the inlet passage toward the outlet passage.