The present invention relates to a method of removing blood from an extracorporeal blood circuit following termination of a blood treatment session, wherein blood is concurrently removed both from an arterial conduit portion and from a venous conduit portion of the extracorporeal blood circuit. It further relates to a method for recognizing and/or eliminating air inclusions in or from an extracorporeal blood circuit and a treatment apparatus as well as a tube system.

A disposable cell enrichment kit includes a crossflow filtration device configured to be disposed along a main loop pathway and to receive a process volume containing a biological sample and utilize crossflow filtration, via a micro-porous membrane, to retain a specific cell population in a retentate from the process volume and to remove a permeate including certain biological components from the process volume. The crossflow filtration device includes a laminated filtration unit that includes the micro-porous membrane, a first mating portion, a second mating portion, and a membrane support. The membrane support includes a first plurality of structural features that define a first plurality of openings, wherein the first plurality of structural features are coupled to the micro-porous membrane and provide support to the micro-porous membrane, and the first plurality of openings allow the permeate to flow through them after crossing the micro-porous membrane.

A processor of a medical device configured to communicate with a remote server can be programmed to protect the medical device from exposure to unauthorized or malicious software. A system or method to implement this form of protection can include, for example, at least one processor on the medical device, a control software module that controls the operation of the medical device and is executable on the processor, a data management module that manages data flow to and from the control software module from sources external to the medical device, and an agent module that has access to a limited number of designated memory locations in the medical device. In addition, a hemodialysis apparatus can be configured to operate in conjunction with an apparatus for providing purified water from a source such as a municipal water supply or a well. A system for controlling delivery of purified water to the hemodialysis apparatus can comprise a therapy controller of the hemodialysis apparatus configured to communicate with a controller of a water purification device, and a user interface controller of the hemodialysis apparatus configured to communicate with the therapy controller, and to send data to and receive data from a user interface.

A washed platelet having a sufficiently low blood plasma content rate is more securely and efficiently obtained.

A tertiary separator (42) includes a main body (58) which has a third chamber (52) and is formed as an accommodating portion (54a) accommodating a centrifuged platelet (104), an inlet (77c) which allows a platelet containing component (100) and a platelet added solution (102) to flow in, and an outlet (78a) which allows blood plasma, the platelet added solution (102), and the platelet (104) to flow out. A bottom portion (first bottom portion (60)) of at least a portion forming the accommodating portion (54a) in a wall portion included in the main body (58) is formed of a soft material.

Described are embodiments that include methods and devices for separating composite liquids into components. Embodiments involve the use of a flexible membrane for separating a composite liquid into components. The composite liquid may include, in embodiments, a cellular containing liquid, such as whole blood or components of whole blood. In one specific embodiment, the composite liquid is a buffy coat.

A system is provided for pumping fluid, with the system including a fluid pump and a cassette. The pump includes a motor and a piston that is movable toward and away from a flexible diaphragm of the cassette. A linkage connects the motor and the piston to move the piston toward and away from the diaphragm. At least a portion of the piston or the diaphragm is magnetized, with the other having at least a portion that is magnetized or formed of a ferromagnetic material, thereby magnetically coupling the piston and the diaphragm such that movement of the piston moves the diaphragm into and out of a cassette cavity aligned with the diaphragm and piston. Movement of the diaphragm into and out of the cavity changes the effective volume of the cavity, which has the effect of drawing fluid into or forcing fluid out of the cavity.

A method for priming a renal therapy machine is disclosed. The method includes communicating a source of a physiologically compatible solution with a blood circuit and moving the physiologically compatible solution from the source to the blood circuit. The method also includes moving the physiologically compatible solution through the blood circuit to prime the blood circuit. The method further includes moving the physiologically compatible solution from the blood circuit though porous fibers of a blood filter, causing air to be purged from the blood circuit and into a dialysis fluid circuit portion of the blood filter.

The invention relates to an external function device which has at least one housing body having at least one chamber integrated into it for holding medical fluids and at least one locking device for releasably holding an accessory part.

Provided is a blood component collection cassette, a blood component collection kit, a blood component collection system, and a flow path internal pressure detection method capable of accurately measuring a circuit internal pressure in negative pressure and positive pressure regions.

A flow path (42) formed in a cassette body (40) of a blood component collection cassette (28) has a first line (42a) through which blood flows when a blood component separation device is in operation, and a second line (42b) through which blood does not flow when the blood component separation device is in operation. A first line forming member (54) is provided with a first pressure-receiving portion (60) pressed by a first load detector (88) attached to the blood component separation device. A second line forming member (56) is provided with a second pressure-receiving portion (62) pressed by a second load detector (90) attached to the blood component separation device.

Methods and systems for cryopreservation of platelets are disclosed. Platelets collected in a collection chamber of a plateletpheresis device may be combined with a cryopreservative solution directly in the collection chamber and joined with a kit including a storage unit for storage in a cryopreserved state and thawing.