Buffy coat tube and float system and method
Patent Number: 7,329,534
Date of First Priority Issue: Thursday October 3rd, 2002
Date Issued: Tuesday February 12th, 2008
Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute (Columbus, OH)
Inventors: Haubert; Thomas D. (Columbus, OH), Wardlaw; Stephen C. (Lyme, CT)
From Class: Extraction/Preservation
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This patent covers a device that is capable of separating various cellular populations, or populations of particulate matter. Essentially, the device addresses the need for an easy to use, effective, and rapid method of collecting the "buffy coat" from a blood population, as well as cells within the buffy coat. The device purifies the cells using axial expansion of blood fluid components layered by centrifugation.
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