Apparatus for separation of blood into components thereof (US Patent 4285464)

Patent number: 4285464 Granted: 1981-08-25 Filed: 1980-06-02 Inventors: Allen Latham, Jr. (Jamaica Plain, MA, US) Assignees: Haemonetics Corporation (Braintree, MA, US)

Abstract

Apparatus is disclosed for centrifugally separating blood into a first blood component, such as a plasma-rich component, and a second blood component, such as a plasma-poor component. This apparatus employs a self-balancing centrifuge intended to be used immediately adjacent to a blood donor. The blood pathway is completely