Patent ID: 8419705

Claim:
An apparatus for separating and storing blood components, the apparatus comprising: a blood storage part for storing fluid including at least a blood derived humoral component and platelets; a component storage part for storing at least a part of the components of the fluid stored in the blood storage part; and a linking part for aseptically linking the blood storage part and the component storage part; wherein the blood storage part has a blood storage container in the form of a flexible cylinder having an opening formed at one end, a first storage container having a cylindrical shape and an opening formed at one end, and containing the blood storage container, a first cap that fits the opening of the blood storage container and the opening of the first storage container, and said first cap hermetically seals the blood storage container and the first storage container, a fluid inlet channel that is provided in the first cap and is for introducing the fluid into the blood storage container, and a component outlet channel that is provided in the first cap and is for extracting at least a part of the components of the fluid from the blood storage container; a pressure regulation space is formed in a space independent of an internal space of the blood storage container, between an outer side of the blood storage container and an inner side of the first storage container; the component storage part has a component inlet channel for introducing at least a part of the components of the fluid that have been extracted from the blood storage container; and the linking part links the component outlet channel and the component inlet channel.