| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7463343 |
Sensing systems and methods for differentiating between different cellular blood species during |
December 9, 2008 |
| Systems and related methods sense the presence of targeted cellular blood species during extracorporeal blood separation or processing. The systems and methods tailor the sensing parameters to the particular objectives of the blood processing procedure selected to be accomplished. Differ |
| 7459695 |
Apparatus, and systems for processing and treating a biological fluid with light |
December 2, 2008 |
| Apparatus, systems and methods are disclosed for treating a biological fluid with light. A container of biological fluid is introduced into a fluid treatment chamber where it is contacted with light provided by one or more light sources in proximity to the fluid treatment chamber. A |
| 7445756 |
Fluid processing sets and organizers for the same |
November 4, 2008 |
| Apparatus, systems and methods are disclosed for treating a biological fluid with light. A disposable fluid processing set including integrally connected containers and tubing and a holder or organizer for receiving at least some of the containers and tubing are disclosed. |
| 7435231 |
Biological sample device receiver |
October 14, 2008 |
| A blood collection tube holder assembly is disclosed that includes a needle assembly including a piercing end and a non-piercing end and a generally cylindrical housing including a distal end engageable with the needle assembly, a proximal end adapted to receive a blood collection tu |
| 7433030 |
Apparatus, systems and methods for processing and treating a biological fluid with light |
October 7, 2008 |
| Apparatus (10), systems and methods are disclosed for treating a biological fluid with light. A container (206) of biological fluid is introduced into a fluid treatment chamber (40) where it is contacted with light provided by one or more light sources (60, 70) in proximity to the fl |
| 7425304 |
Processing set and methods for processing and treating a biological fluid |
September 16, 2008 |
| Apparatus, systems and methods are disclosed for treating a biological fluid with light. A container of biological fluid is introduced into a fluid treatment chamber where it is contacted with light provided by one or more light sources in proximity to the fluid treatment chamber. A |
| 7420660 |
Systems and methods for optically sensing characteristics of a blood flow |
September 2, 2008 |
| Systems and methods for optically sensing characteristics of a blood flow provide a light source having a driver circuit that includes a source of constant current and a modulator that modulates the constant current at a selected carrier frequency for transmission to the light source. Th |
| 7396452 |
Apparatus for determining flow rates of biological fluids |
July 8, 2008 |
| An apparatus comprises an inlet to convey a first fluid comprising first and second components having different density into a rotating chamber such that an interface forms between at least portions of such components at a first location. At least one outlet removes at least one of the |
| 7374870 |
Systems and methods for removing viral agents from blood |
May 20, 2008 |
| Systems and methods treat plasma carrying contaminants and cellular matter that are capable of entraining contaminants. The systems and methods separate cellular matter from the plasma by filtration, thereby removing contaminants entrained within the cellular matter. The system and metho |
| 7357897 |
Blood processing systems and methods that alternate flow of blood component and additive solutio |
April 15, 2008 |
| Blood processing systems and methods convey blood cells from a blood cell source into a blood component collection flow channel that includes a blood cell storage container and an in-line filter to remove leukocytes from blood cells before entering the blood cell storage container. The |
| 7353956 |
Blood collection systems including a flexible filter |
April 8, 2008 |
| Blood collection systems include an integral flexible filter to remove leukocytes from blood components. |
| 7347913 |
Sealing apparatus and method |
March 25, 2008 |
| Apparatus (20) and methods for segmenting a blood-filled tube (42) into multiple, blood-containing, sealed segment are disclosed. The apparatus (20) includes a tubing locating surface (22) for mounting the tubing and sealing means (24) cooperatively associated with the tubing locating |
| 7332096 |
Blood filter assembly having multiple filtration regions |
February 19, 2008 |
| A filtration medium is sealed within a housing. The filtration medium is sized and configured to define multiple filtration regions within the housing, through which independent, though concurrent, blood filtration can occur. Each filtration region is served by its own inlet path, which |
| 7297272 |
Separation apparatus and method |
November 20, 2007 |
| A separation apparatus and method are employed using a separation channel for rotation about an axis. Such channel includes radially spaced apart inner and outer side wall portions and an end wall portion. An inlet conveys fluid into the channel. A barrier is located in the channel i |
| 7282154 |
Red blood cell processing systems and methods which control red blood cell hematocrit |
October 16, 2007 |
| Processing systems and methods comprise a separation device that, in use, performs a separation process including separation of red blood cells from blood or a suspension containing red blood cells. The systems and methods include an outlet line coupled to the separation device to remove |
| 7278541 |
Method of making a filter assembly having a flexible housing |
October 9, 2007 |
| A method of making a blood filter assembly provides first and second filter housing elements from a flexible thermoplastic material, each of the first and second housing elements including a molded port. The method places a filter media between the first and second filter housing ele |
| 7264608 |
Manual processing systems and methods for providing blood components conditioned for pathogen in |
September 4, 2007 |
| Systems and methods manually process blood and blood components in sterile, closed environments, which further condition the blood components for subsequent pathogen inactivation processes. The systems and methods mate the manual collection of random donor platelet units with the cre |
| 7217356 |
Medical system, method and apparatus employing MEMS |
May 15, 2007 |
| A biological suspension processing system is disclosed that may include a suspension treatment device for treating one or more components of a biological suspension, a first fluid flow path for introducing a suspension into the treatment device and a second fluid flow path for withdr |
