Patent ID: 8216120

Claim:
A multi-lumen rope assembly for a centrifuge apparatus comprising: a plurality of elongated tubes for delivering one or more fluids between a first fluid retaining mechanism and a fluid receiving rotatably driven rotor of the centrifuge apparatus, one end of the rope adaptable to be attached to the center of the driven rotor; the other end of the rope adaptable to be attached to the first fluid retaining mechanism, the first fluid retaining mechanism being mounted on an opposing side of the rotor and such that the point of attachment of the other end of the rope is substantially coaxial with an axis of the rotor, a support arm rotatable with the rotor, wherein the support arm extends generally parallel to the rotation axis and is laterally offset from the rotation axis, wherein the support arm includes a curved input guide member secured to one end of said support arm and a curved output guide member secured to the other end of said support arm to guide the plurality of elongated tubes; a support tube for receiving therethrough at least part of the distal length of the elongated tubes; and a bearing member for rotatably supporting said support tube in said support arm.