Inventors:
Steven Kenneth Hunley - Loveland CO
Rainer Harald Koenig - Denver CO
Assignee:
Cobe Cardiovascular, Inc. - Arvada CO
International Classification:
A61M 3700
US Classification:
604 401, 604 601, 604 616, 210645, 210 85, 210739, 600322, 494 37
Abstract:
Accurate measurement of hematocrit during blood recovery or plasma sequestration processes by means of algorithms to account for the presence of air or other non-blood substances in salvaged or separated blood is described. A method of automatic start-up of the hematocrit measurement circuit and a method of determining the minimum volume of blood required to obtain an accurate measurement of the hematocrit also is described.