Industry News (Blood Banking)

Approval Received for Automated Red Blood Cell Collection

Published in Blood Weekly, November 6th, 1995

Haemonetics Corporation, Braintree, Massachusetts, announced that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) marketing clearance to introduce apheresis red cell collection devices that accomplish the automated, simultaneous collection of one unit of red blood cells and two units of plasma.

Red cell blood collection has historically been done manually by first collecting whole blood from civic-minded donors, then separating the blood into its component parts, including red cells, away from that donor. Haemonetics' product allows the collection and separation to happen automatically and at the same time, while the donor is connected to the Haemonetics...

Want to see the full article?

Purchase this article for only $3.00

We're a pay-per-view site for premium content. If you'd like to purchase this article, it's only $3.00.

Welcome to NewsRx!

Learn more about a six-week, no-risk free trial of Blood Weekly

Source: Blood Weekly (1995-11-06)

NewsRx is Social

Top Medical Newsletters

Awards

Best Health/Healthcare Content, 2012
Best Health/Healthcare Content, 2011
Best e-Business Site, 2010
Best e-Business Site, 2009
Best e-Business Site, 2008
Best e-Business Site, 2007
Best e-Business Site, 2006
Best Healthcare Content, 2005
Best Overall Internet Site, 2005
Best Interactive Site, 2005

Facts & Stats

NewsRx also is available at LexisNexis, Gale, ProQuest, Factiva, Dialog, Thomson Reuters, NewsEdge, and Dow Jones.

Google 2010 PageRank: #2 Among Top Health News and Media Publications
Google 2010 PageRank: #2 Among Top Science Publications in Biology/Physiology
Google 2010 PageRank: #2 Among Top News and Media for the Business of Pharmaceuticals
Amazon's Alexa 2010 PageRank: #2 News and Media Site for the Pharmaceutical Industry