摘要 |
Method and apparatus for separating a volume of whole blood into at least a plasma component and a red blood cell component comprising centrifuging a separation bag (1) containing a volume of whole blood so as to separate the rein at least a first component comprising plasma and a second component com prising red blood cells; transferring the first component into a plasma comp onent bag (4) during centrifugation of the separation bag (1); transferring into the separation bag (1) a volume of wash solution from a wash solution b ag (3) during centrifugation of the separation bag (1); mixing the volume of wash solution with the second component; centrifuging the separation bag (1 ) so as to separate therein a washed red blood cell component and a supernat ant component; and transferring the supernatant component into a waste bag ( 2; 3) during centrifugation of the separation bag (1). |