| 摘要 |
<p>This invention is a method and blood bag (200), whereby a substantial volume of concentrated whole blood can be quickly and easily recovered from the cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) circuit (118) of a patient (10) immediately following cardiac or thoracic vascular surgery. This is achieved in an operating room, by transferring most of the blood in the CPB circuit (118) into a sterile bag (200) located in the surgical field, removing the bag (200) with blood from the surgical field, and outside the surgical field, but preferably in the operating room, hemo-concentrating the blood in the bag (200) while the bag (200) is fluidly connected to the bypass system hardware. The hemo-bag system comprises a closed, sterile bag (200) of substantially transparent, biocompatible material, defining upper (202) and lower ends (204). An infusion port (210) is located at the upper end of the bag (200). An outlet port (204), and inlet port (235), and an IV line (240) are situated at the lower end of the bag (204).</p> |
