US 7,497,944 B2
Blood component processing system, apparatus, and method
Niclas Högberg, Karlskoga (Sweden); Emanuel Hällgren, Karlskoga (Sweden); Peter Pihlstedt, Stockholm (Sweden); Brian M. Holmes, Lakewood, Colo. (US); Lars Persson, Askersund (Sweden); Lars Strandberg, Gävle (Sweden); Geert Van Waeg, Brussels (Belgium); and Frank Corbin, III, Littleton, Colo. (US)
Assigned to CaridianBCT, Inc., Lakewood, Colo. (US)
Filed on Mar. 27, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/727,550.
Application 11/727550 is a division of application No. 10/414475, filed on Apr. 16, 2003, granted, now 7,279,107.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/373083, filed on Apr. 16, 2002.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/405667, filed on Aug. 23, 2002.
Prior Publication US 2007/0255505 A1, Nov. 01, 2007
Int. Cl. B01D 21/30 (2006.01); B04B 5/02 (2006.01); B04B 5/04 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 210—103  [210/741; 210/745; 210/143; 210/258; 210/295; 210/304; 210/360.1; 210/380.1; 210/416.1; 494/2; 494/36; 494/37; 494/45; 604/406; 604/408; 604/410] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for processing blood components, comprising:
a chamber comprising
an interior configured to contain separated blood components, and
an outlet port for passing at least some of the separated blood components from the interior;
a flow path in flow communication with the outlet port of the chamber;
a filter comprising
a filter inlet in flow communication with the flow path,
a porous filtration medium configured to filter at least some of at least one blood component from separated blood components passed to the filter via the flow path, and
a filter outlet for filtered blood components;
a pump configured to pump at least some of the separated blood components from the chamber to the filter via the flow path; and
a pressure sensor configured to sense pressure of blood components pumped to the filter,
wherein the system is configured to control the pump based on at least the pressure sensed by the pressure sensor.