Inventors:
Stephen Dubin - Springfield PA
Assignee:
Research Corporation - New York NY
International Classification:
G01N 3316
Abstract:
An osmotically balanced anticoagulant mixture for the preservation of whole blood which comprises an admixture of the free acid form of EDTA, which raises hematocrit values, with a corresponding amount of a salt which lowers hematocrit values, preferably an alkali metal salt of EDTA, in ratios such that the hematocrit values are comparable to those of fresh or heparinized blood over a wide range of anticoagulant concentrations.