Patent ID: 7273586

Claim:
A cabinet for use in conditioning mammalian blood for subsequent use in a medical procedure, a blood charge being conditioned in a flask and the cabinet having: a front defining a front recess; a top defining a depression adjacent to the front recess; a door for movement between an open position and a closed position in which the front recess and the depression are covered by the door to create a secure environment; a lock coupled to the cabinet and to the door to lock the door in the closed position; a cavity extending downwardly from the top depression within the secure environment, the cavity being adapted to receive the flask; and a control system coupled to the door lock to sense the condition of the door to establish that the flask is securely positioned in the cabinet, and that the door is locked before the charge is conditioned and further including an actuator in the front cavity for coupling to a syringe operator to activate the output syringe to draw the conditioned charge into the syringe within the secure environment.