Patent ID: 7097774

Claim:
A method for processing a blood product with a device adapted for receiving a bag set having a multi-way connector; a ring bag connected to the multi-way connector; a processed component bag connected to the ring bag; a solution tube connected to the multi-way connector, the solution tube being adapted to be connected to a discrete source of solution; and one or more connecting tubes connected to the multi-way connector, the one or more connecting tubes being adapted to be connected to one or more discrete sources of blood products to be processed; said method comprising: connecting one or more discrete sources of blood products to be processed to the one or more connecting tubes; flowing the solution through the solution tube, through the multi-way connector and through the one or more connecting tubes into the one or more sources of blood products to be processed to provide discrete mixtures of solution and blood products to be processed; flowing the discrete mixtures of solution and blood products to be processed through the one or more connecting tubes, through the multi-way connector and to the ring bag for further processing.