Blood Processing Apparatus with Air Bubble Detector

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United States of America Patent

APP PUB NO 20100160137A1
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12634458

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A centrifuge for separating blood and blood components having a blood processing vessel mounted on a rotor of a centrifuge. A sensor in the outflow race of a return peristaltic pump detects air bubbles in the fluid within a return loop. The sensor may be a sonic sensor, a sonic pulse echo sensor, or capacitive plates. A pre-determined minimum bubble size or sizes or a cumulative volume may be selected, and the device operator may be warned only of the existence of bubbles that exceed a certain size or of a cumulative volume of bubbles, or the blood donation procedure may be stopped if a bubble exceeds a certain critical size or if a pre-determined volume of bubbles over a certain period or volume of fluid is exceeded.

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TERUMO BCT INC10811 WEST COLLINS AVENUE LAKEWOOD CO 80215

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
GIBBONS, David Highlands Ranch, US 48 1619
LINDNER, John R Morrison, US 10 110
PALSULICH, William Lakewood, US 2 37
SCIBONA, Joseph A Littleton, US 13 305

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