Appeal No. 1995-3522
Application No. 07/912,973
BACKGROUND
The appellants’ invention relates to an apparatus for
providing a blood component product. According to appellants,
the blood component yield, such as the number of platelets,
must be determined with respect to a particular collection and
associated therewith to obtain a useful blood component
product (brief, page 4). An understanding of the invention
can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 13 which is
reproduced below.
13. A system for providing a blood component product
having a determined yield pursuant to at least one on-line
yield determination technique, comprising:
means for harvesting a plurality of a predetermined type
of a blood component from a source of blood;
first means for providing a first set of predetermined
information relating to said source of blood;
second means for providing a second set of predetermined
information relating to said means for harvesting;
third means for generating a predicted yield value based
upon said first and second sets of predetermined information,
said third means comprising said at least one on-line yield
determination technique;
fourth means for providing a first calibration factor
based upon said third means in relation to a predetermined
off-line yield determination technique, said predetermined
off-line yield determination technique allowing for
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