AUTOMATED COLLECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING RED BLOOD CELLS, PLATELETS, AND PLASMA FROM WHOLE BLOOD - Patent 1231978

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EP 1 231 978 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	21.08.2002 Bulletin 2002/34

(21)	Application number: 00973481.5

(22)	Date of filing: 12.10.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A61M 37/00, B01D 33/15, C02F 1/68

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0028/206

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0102/8621 (26.04.2001 Gazette 2001/17)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

16.10.1999 US 419742

(71)	Applicant: BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC.
	Deerfield, Illinois 60015 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	PIERCE, Jennifer, A. Arlington Heights, IL 60004 (US) PATNO, Timothy, J. Evanston, IL 60202 (US) STINAFF, Russell, D. Arlington Heights, IL 60004 (US) NAYAK, Abinash Grayslake, IL 60030 (US) FOLEY, John, T. Wheeling, IL 60090 (US) WEBER, Mark Algonquin, IL 60102 (US) DUNCAN, Tammy Spring Grove, IL 60081 (US) BLICKHAN, Bryan, J. Zion, IL 60099 (US)

(74)	Representative: Dee, Ian Mark
	Eric Potter Clarkson,Park View House,58 The Ropewalk Nottingham NG1 5DD Nottingham NG1 5DD (GB)

(54)	AUTOMATED COLLECTION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING RED BLOOD CELLS, PLATELETS, AND PLASMA FROM WHOLE BLOOD