A medical contact shock freezer (10) adapted for fast freezing a plurality of individual bags (41-43, 51-53) containing a medical liquid, the individual bags being arranged side by side, adjacent to each other, in which the contact shock freezer comprises a pair of freezing plates comprising an upper freezing plate (21) and a lower freezing plate (22), at least one of the upper and lower freezing plates of the pair being moveable to define i) a loading position in which sufficient separation is provided between the freezing plates to load or unload the individual bags between the freezing plates and ii) a freezing position in which each individual bag is in contact with and is clamped between a contact surface of the upper freezing plate and a contact surface of the lower freezing plate; and in which, in its freezing position, the contact surface of the upper freezing plate is arranged at an angle of at least 2° to the horizontal.

A multi-stage system for warming blood that enables safe and rapid blood transfusions in the field. The first stage of the system is a rapid blood warming device that heats blood quickly from cold storage to body temperature. This stage may use a high-energy power source, such as AC power, that is available in a facility such as a hospital. The second stage is a portable heated blood transport device into which heated blood bags are placed for transportation to a patient. This device keeps the blood bags warm using battery power. Because blood bags are pre-heated with the rapid warming device, the transport device can be lightweight and portable. An optional third stage is a transfusion temperature regulating device that boosts the final temperature of blood just before it enters the patient. All three devices may have sensors and controllers that maintain blood temperature within desired ranges.

The invention relates to a system, and the associated method for using said system, for treating haemorrhagic fluid previously taken from a patient for the purpose of autotransfusion, comprising a unit for treating (100) haemorrhagic fluid, said treatment unit (100) comprising: a filtration device (110) for tangential filtration comprising a filtration membrane (113) arranged in a housing (114) so as to separate an intake chamber (111) from a discharge chamber (112), the intake chamber (111) and the discharge chamber (112) each having an inlet (111a; 112a) and an outlet (111b; 112b) for fluids; a treatment pouch (140) having an inlet (140a) and an outlet (140b) fluidically connected by a recirculation line (150) to the outlet (111b) and to the inlet (111a) of the intake chamber (111) of the filtration device (110), respectively, allowing haemorrhagic fluid to circulate in the recirculation line (150) in a direction going from the outlet (140b) of the treatment pouch (140) to the inlet (140a) of the treatment pouch (140) through the intake chamber (111) of the filtration device (110); a cleaning line (180) fluidically connected to the inlet (112a) of the discharge chamber (112) of the filtration device (110) to convey cleaning fluid into said discharge chamber (112); and a first flow regulation member (181) arranged to regulate the flow in the cleaning line (180) and a second flow regulation member (131) arranged to regulate the flow in a discharge line (130) fluidically connected to the outlet (112b) of the discharge chamber (112) of the filtration device (110), so as to be able to control the pressure of cleaning fluid in the discharge chamber (112).

A modular cassette and method for separating a composite fluid into at least two component parts thereof during centrifugation is provided. The modular cassette includes a fluid inlet portion, at least one fluid separation portion, at least one media chamber in fluid communication with the fluid separation portion, a fluid collection portion, at least one fluidic channel configured to form a fluid communication between at least two components of the cassette, at least one wax valve including undulating flow channel portions configured to close at least one of the fluidic channels, and at least one heating element configured to actuate the at least one wax valve.

An independent blood filter device depends on flow geometry to deliver blood serum or plasma free of detrimental levels of hemoglobin. It depends critically on an upstream flow rate or pressure differential limiting control element or device that limits the rate of change of pressure differential across the filter element. Pre-evacuated versions can be used to simultaneously draw blood from a living being and provide pressure differential across the filter element between an evacuated collector and a supply end open to atmosphere. A unit pressurized by hand motion employs the external shape of a partially filled blood collection tube as a piston to produce pressure in advance of the control element or device to create the pressure differential across the filter element to a collector vented to atmosphere. The control element or device is disclosed in numerous forms, including specially sized flow constrictions and compliant arrangements.

A method of treating soft tissue conditions. A harvesting device is provided. The harvesting device is operably connected to a tissue processing device using tubing. An aperture is formed in a bone. The bone has an interior. The harvesting device is inserted through the aperture in the bone and into the interior of the bone. The harvesting device is manipulated to dissociate connective tissue progenitor cells in the interior of the bone. Tissue is aspirated from the interior of the bone. The connective tissue progenitor cells are separated from the aspirated tissue. The separated connective tissue progenitor cells are injected in a region of a body that is experiencing a soft tissue condition to treat the soft tissue condition.

Provided is a loading tray assembly for housing a lyophilization container and a related system and method. The loading tray assembly includes a chassis including a contact void configured to facilitate direct contact between the attached lyophilization container and a lyophilizer shelf. The method includes securing a multi-part lyophilization container including a peelable seal on a lyophilization loading tray assembly, inputting a liquid into a non-breathable section of the lyophilization container, loading the tray assembly into a lyophilizer, freezing the liquid, applying heat energy and a vacuum, the vacuum causing an opening of the peelable seal and occluding the lyophilization container to isolate the frozen liquid.

A swing device for moving a blood bag includes a stand, a tray for receiving the blood bag, the tray being pivotable with respect to the stand, an electromotive drive device operatively coupled to the tray for causing a rocking movement of the tray with respect to the stand, and a control device for controlling operation of the drive device. The drive device includes a rotatable shaft member which is rotatable for driving the rocking movement of the tray. The drive device also includes a position encoding device configured to encode a rotary position of the rotatable shaft member of the drive device, wherein the control device is configured to determine a position of the tray with respect to the stand based on an encoder value indicative of the rotary position of the rotatable shaft member.

A method for tracking and supporting a blood transfusion to a patient. The method includes receiving, by a computing device, current blood product data that identifies a blood product being administered to the patient; updating a current ratio of blood products administered to the patient based on the current blood product data; comparing the current ratio of blood products administered to the patient to a target ratio of blood products to be provided to the patient; determining a next blood product to administer to the patient based on the comparison of the target ratio to the current ratio; and providing, by the computing device, an indication of the determined next blood product.

A method for tracking and supporting a blood transfusion to a patient. The method includes receiving, by a computing device, current blood product data that identifies a blood product being administered to the patient; updating a current ratio of blood products administered to the patient based on the current blood product data; comparing the current ratio of blood products administered to the patient to a target ratio of blood products to be provided to the patient; determining a next blood product to administer to the patient based on the comparison of the target ratio to the current ratio; and providing, by the computing device, an indication of the determined next blood product.