Patent ID: 8870734

Claim:
A cartridge for accommodating a set of bags fluidly connected by at least one tube, said cartridge to be used in a centrifuge for separation of blood components, the cartridge being adapted to be removably mounted in a rotor of the centrifuge, said cartridge comprising a blood bag section; a product section; a partition wall which separates the blood bag section of the removable cartridge from the product section, and a cover coupled to the removable cartridge above the blood bag section, wherein the cover is connected to the removable cartridge pivotally at a first point on said cartridge and detachably at a second point on said cartridge, so that the blood bag section is freely accessible by means of laterally pivoting the cover from the blood bag section and wherein said cover has a top surface and a bottom surface as defined when the cover is detached from the second point and pivoted to an open position and further comprising at least one recess for holding said at least one tube, said recess being formed in said top surface of the cover.