US 12,134,092 B2
Apparatus and method for centrifuging a biologic
Andrew McGillicuddy, Humarock, MA (US)
Assigned to Cervos Medical LLC, Avon, MA (US)
Appl. No. 16/767,863
Filed by Cervos Medical LLC, Marshfield, MA (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 30, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/063317
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 28, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/108937, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0360921 A1, Nov. 19, 2020
Int. Cl. B01L 3/00 (2006.01); A61M 1/36 (2006.01)
CPC B01L 3/5021 (2013.01) [A61M 1/3696 (2014.02); B01L 3/5635 (2013.01); B01L 2200/025 (2013.01); B01L 2200/026 (2013.01); B01L 2300/0681 (2013.01); B01L 2400/0409 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for centrifuging a physiological fluid, the device comprising:
a syringe including a tip, a base and a barrel extending between the tip and the base to hold a physiological fluid, the syringe including a plunger positioned within the barrel, the plunger including a plunger seal in sealing engagement with an inside wall of the barrel, a diameter of the barrel narrowing between the tip and the plunger; and
an exoskeleton to support the syringe at least partially within the exoskeleton for use in a centrifuge, the syringe being removably coupled to the exoskeleton using an interference fit, the exoskeleton including one or more inwardly protruding ridges to support the barrel of the syringe where the diameter of the barrel of the syringe narrows between the tip and the plunger, the exoskeleton including a sidewall with a longitudinal opening to facilitate one or more of viewing the syringe, accessing the syringe, and loading and unloading the syringe into and from the exoskeleton, the opening sized to allow the exoskeleton to snap fit around the barrel of the syringe.