Patent ID: 7850635

Claim:
A filtration device for treating medical or biological fluid comprising: a container housing defining an inner chamber having an inner chamber wall and an input end and an outlet end, the container housing having an inner chamber length from the input end to the outlet end such that the inner chamber width is at least two times larger than the inner chamber length, the inner chamber length measured in the general direction of fluid flow through the filtration device from the input end to the outlet end; a plurality of fluid permeable separators beginning proximate to the inner chamber wall at the input end and extending inwardly into the inner chamber, the separators defining a plurality of open ended compartments inside the container housing wherein fluid can flow through the separators and within the compartments, the compartments each having a compartment length in the general direction of fluid flow through the filter from the input end to the outlet end, each compartment having a first open inlet end proximate to the input end and a first open outlet end proximate the outlet end; and particles retained in each of the open ended compartments.