Patent ID: 7510540

Claim:
An autotransfusion device comprising: a first line having first and second ends, a first pump providing pumping action for the first line, the first pump being disposed between the first and second ends of the first line, the first end of the first line being connected to the inlet of a blood centrifugation cell, the second end of the first line being split into first, second, and third branches, the first branch of the first line being connected to a red blood cell container, the second branch of the first line being suitable to be connected to the patient, and the third branch of the first line being provided with a coupling that is suitable to connect the third branch of the first line to a reservoir for receiving blood recovered from the operating field during an intraoperative recovery procedure; a second line having first and second ends, the first end of the second line being connected to the outlet of a blood centrifugation cell, the second end of the second line split into first and second branches, the first branch of the second line being provided with a coupling that is suitable to connect the first branch of the second line to a bag for containing at least one of plasma and platelets during a preoperative collection procedure, or to an evacuation bag for intraoperative and postoperative recovery procedures, the second branch of the second line being provided with a coupling that is suitable to connect the second branch of the second line to a bag for containing at least one of plasma and platelets during a preoperative collection procedure; and a third line having first and second ends, a second pump providing pumping action for the third line, the second pump being disposed between the first and second ends of the third line, the first end of the third line being connected to the first line in an intermediate position between the first pump and the blood centrifugation cell, the second end of the third line being split into first and second branches, the first branch of the third line being connected to a physiological washing solution container, the second branch of the third line being provided with a coupling that is suitable to connect the second branch of the third line to a bag for containing at least one of plasma and platelets dining a preoperative collection procedure, or to a bag containing blood recovered from a surgical wound in a postoperative recovery procedure.