Patent ID: 7824558

Claim:
A method of separating components of a mixed material in solution comprising: providing a first flow of a mixed material in solution to a flexible centrifugal processing bag in a component separator system, said centrifugal processing bag having a continuous interior processing volume, and comprising a hub having a central axis, a first port for receiving said mixed material, wherein said first port includes an outlet positioned within the continuous interior processing volume of said centrifugal processing bag and spaced apart from the central axis a first distance, a second port having a second port inlet positioned within the continuous interior processing volume of said centrifugal processing bag and spaced apart from said central axis a second distance, wherein the second distance is different from the first distance, said second port for directing a separated material collected from said second port inlet out of said centrifugal processing bag; and a flexible portion extending radially outward in a direction transverse the central axis from the hub to an uninterrupted circular outer perimeter of said centrifugal processing bag; centrifuging said centrifugal processing bag such that at least one component of said mixed material is separated along the uninterrupted circular outer perimeter of said centrifugal processing bag; and establishing a second flow of separated material from said second port.