WO2022208166A1 - Dispositivo para el enfriado de plasma - Google Patents
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- the present invention refers to a device that allows rapid cooling of blood products, more specifically plasma.
- plasma refers to the acellular fraction of the blood, and is obtained by leaving the blood devoid of cells such as red blood cells and white blood cells. Plasma is the major component of blood, representing approximately 55 % of the total blood volume, while the remaining 45% corresponds to the formed elements (this magnitude is related to the hematocrit).
- the blood serum is the remnant of the blood plasma once the hemostatic factors are consumed by blood coagulation.
- Plasma is also a necessary element for obtaining plasma protein drugs, and it is necessary to collect plasma donations and their subsequent processing to obtain said drugs.
- Fresh frozen plasma can be collected by apheresis, which is a general extracorporeal blood purification method or technique in which one component is removed and the rest is returned to the patient.
- Plasmapheresis is a subset of apheresis in which plasma is removed.
- Plasmapheresis is a method or technique of extracorporeal blood purification, which consists of extracting blood from a donor, patient or individual, for the elimination of large molecular weight molecules and the separation of white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets from plasma. sanguine. Separation of plasma from other blood components is usually done by centrifugation or by membrane filtration. After plasma separation, the rest of the blood (including red and white blood cells) is returned to the donor's body without the plasma, which the body replaces efficiently and quickly.
- the collection of plasma donations is usually done by plasmapheresis due to the high efficiency of the extraction process to extract plasma from the blood and, since the body replenishes the plasma quickly, allowing The recovery process after a donation is quick and easy, so that a person can make high-frequency plasma donations, up to twice in a seven-day period, with 48 hours between donations.
- the plasmapheresis technique is also advantageous for removing large molecular weight particles, as well as reducing the rate of circulating immune complexes or other components present in the plasma (which are components that intervene in the pathological immune response and are considered responsible for the manifestations symptoms of a disease), so it can also be performed for the treatment of a wide variety of disorders, in particular for all those that affect the immune system such as systemic lupus erythematosus, Guillain-Barré syndrome, Goodpasture syndrome and thrombodtopenic purpura.
- This process can also be used to reduce the rate of organ rejection in transplants, since this method eliminates the antibodies from the blood that can generate rejection of the implanted organ in the recipient and can even stimulate lymphocyte clones to improve the cytotoxic therapy that is performed in some individuals.
- the donation process usually takes place at a donation center which may be a mobile donation center.
- This donation has an estimated time of approximately one hour, in which a volume of 800-900 ml is usually extracted, the volume being smaller depending on the weight and health of the donor.
- This obtained plasma is stored in containers that are preferably bottles, more specifically plastic bottles. For subsequent treatment and obtaining plasma protein drugs, it is necessary to properly preserve the donated plasma by freezing it.
- the freezing process be started within 30 minutes of donation. Storing the plasma in a storage compartment at low temperatures for a long period of time could allow the plasma to eventually reach the desired temperature in the long term, but this process is slow and has the problem that the proteins are reduced over time, in addition of not complying with the rules, regulations and/or recommendations on plasma freezing. Therefore, it is also necessary that the cooling be a cooling rapid in which the plasma is cooled to a maximum temperature of -30 °C in less than 60 minutes, these latter parameters being those established in the international standards on shock freezing of blood plasma ("shock-freezing"). both under the same standards.
- the Guide to the preparation, use and quality assurance of blood components of the European Committee (Partial Agreement) on Blood Transfusion establishes that freezing must be carried out in a system that allows complete freezing in one hour at a temperature below -25 °C.
- the Council of Europe in its guidelines for the preparation , quality control and use of fresh frozen plasma (FFP) also recommends that the entire freezing process be as short as possible and that the time be reduced to less than two hours and, if possible, one hour.
- the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) also states that immediately After filling, plasma intended for the manufacture of injectable products should be stored at a temperature not exceeding -20°C. However, a 45-minute cooling cycle is preferable.
- Opening the chamber while a cooling cycle is in progress can disrupt the cooling cycle of the containers inside. For this reason, it is not recommended to introduce new containers inside the device during the period of time in which a cooling cycle is carried out. In addition, if a new container is introduced, it would be at a different point in the cycle than the rest of the containers inside, making it difficult to control the temperature of the containers.
- the containers are introduced into a chamber of the device in groups, or batches, and subjected to the same cooling cycle inside the device so that all the containers reach the desired temperature at the same time
- the plasma is transferred to a freezer of 40 ° C, which would preserve it until its transfer to a main donation center outside the donation center where the donation is made, which can be a donation center mobile.
- the containers Because it is advantageous for the containers to be inserted into the device within 30 minutes after plasma collection, in the case of having a number of containers less than the total capacity of the device, these containers must be inserted into the device without waiting to have a number of containers equal to the total capacity of the device. As a consequence of the above, in devices with a single chamber it is advisable to make all the donations simultaneously in order to introduce the plasma bottles into the device at the same time, since once the cycle has started the chamber must not be opened to not interrupt the process, which implies long dead times between donations.
- One of the advantages of the configuration of the device of the present invention, with two chambers, is that it allows two bottle cooling cycles to be carried out simultaneously and staggered in time. In other words, it allows the cooling of bottles arranged in housings of one of the chambers to start while the cooling cycle is still being carried out in another of said chambers.
- Another advantage is that it allows you to work with quantities of bottles less than full capacity! Of the device. This makes it easy to make donations even when there are few donors, a fact that is quite common in small towns in which donors appear randomly and are widely dispersed over time.
- the availability of a nearby bottle cooling device is problematic because cooling must begin less than 30 minutes after the donation has been made. Therefore, the existence of a bottle cooling device in the same donation center is very advantageous.
- the present invention provides a plasma cooling device for a plasma exchange center.
- Said device comprises a casing with at least one cooling chamber inside.
- Said chamber comprises housings for container cooling, preferably by contact.
- contact cooling should be understood as cooling by contact or by natural convection, due to the proximity of the housings for the cooling of containers to said containers, without any forced convection or fluid impulse. .
- the cooling of the containers is carried out by contact of said containers with the housing or by natural convection. Cooling by conduction or natural convection can be efficient, fast and without the need for fluid drive equipment that is bulky, economically expensive and energy intensive.
- the device further comprises a cooling system arranged to cool said chamber, and a cooling system control system, the cooling system and the control system being configured to control the temperature inside the device so as to allow the containers to be cooled to at least -30 °C in a time equal to or less than 60 minutes.
- the device comprises at least two separate chambers contained within said casing, each of the chambers comprising housings for plasma bottles.
- the cooling system is arranged to independently cool both chambers.
- the control system is configured to separately control the refrigeration of both chambers.
- the device allows the cooling of two different groups of bottles at the same time, each one following its cycle, and without interrupting the cooling cycle of each group.
- the device comprises at least two independent covers on said casing, said covers being arranged to independently access each of the chambers.
- the device comprises a base part, the covers of the device and the base part being connected to each other.
- the housing of the device comprises a base part. Even more preferably, the covers of the device and the base part are joined together in a hinged manner.
- the plasma bottle housings comprise a cooling surface, more preferably cooled walls. These cooling surfaces allow the cooling of the plasma bottles by heat transfer.
- the plasma bottle housings have a shape matching the shape of the bottles.
- the distance from the bottles to the cooling surface is minimized, allowing greater proximity to the bottles for cooling by contact conduction or, if this is not possible or achievable, by natural convection.
- the contact between the cooling surface of the housing and the bottles facilitates the cooling of said bottles.
- the presence of air between the bottle and the housing makes cooling difficult. If there is no contact between bottle and casing, the distance between their respective surfaces is preferably kept as small as possible.
- the housings are shaped to match the shape of the bottles to allow such contact of said bottles with the cooled walls of the housings.
- Plasma bottles can have any known shape, usually having an essentially cylindrical or prismatic shape.
- the housings for the plasma bottles have an essentially cylindrical or prismatic shape. Plus preferably, the housings for the plasma bottles have dimensions slightly larger than the dimensions of the bottles. In this way, the contact surface of the bottles with the housings is maximized when the dimensions of the bottles have increased due to the dilation suffered by said bottles during their cooling caused by the expansion or increase in volume of their content, preferably plasma, when freezing.
- the fit between the bottle and the housing can present a certain initial play, which disappears during cooling due to the expansion of the bottle during its freezing.
- the device comprises housings that have different shapes between them.
- each of the different types of housings is adapted to the shape of differently shaped bottles.
- the device may comprise a flexible jacket on the outer surface of the housings that contains a liquid inside.
- This sleeve makes it possible to eliminate the existence of air pockets between the housings and the bottles due to a better adaptation to the surface of the bottle.
- the walls of said jacket are made of a flexible and elastic material.
- the housings for the plasma bottles are formed by an upper housing located in a lid of the device and a lower housing located in the base part of the device.
- each chamber comprises at least three seats for respective plasma bottles. More preferably, each chamber is divided into three housings for respective bottles.
- the refrigeration system and the control system of the refrigeration system are configured to control the temperature inside the device in such a way that it allows the containers to be cooled to -30 °C or less in a time equal to or less than 45 minutes.
- they are configured to control the temperature inside the device in such a way that it allows the containers to cool down to -40 °C or less in a time equal to or less than 60 minutes.
- it is configured to control the temperature inside the device in such a way that it allows the containers to be cooled to at least -40 °C in a time equal to or less than 45 minutes.
- the control system is also configured to vary the programmed temperature.
- control system is configured to carry out defrost cycles, in order to eliminate the ice that may form in the device, as well as a drain to eliminate said defrost water.
- control system comprises control elements of the cooling system located close to the walls of the housings for the plasma bottles. More preferably, the control system comprises a programmable logic controller (PLC) or logic board.
- PLC programmable logic controller
- the device comprises two respective viewers to be able to observe the interior of each one of the cameras. These viewers allow the cameras to be observed from the outside of the device. In this way, it is possible to observe that the freezing is being carried out properly. It is also preferable to have a viewer for each of the chambers, because the bottles arranged in each of the chambers may have been inserted at different times, a different amount of time having passed since their introduction.
- the device comprises a user interface to control both cameras. More preferably, the device comprises a single interface to control both cameras.
- the user interface is a touch screen.
- the interface is located on a wall of the device. This interface allows you to track cycles and control and program alarms, such as alarms to signal the moment when a cycle has been completed, when the bottles have cooled down to the desired temperature, etc.
- the device comprises a barcode reader.
- This reader allows reading the codes that identify each of the bottles.
- This reader is useful in donation centers since it is common for the bottles to include a barcode that identifies the donation, in addition to the fact that the reader allows identifying easily cycle bottles.
- the device also comprises a sealing system, which is preferably a grommet.
- the control system comprises an emergency stop button for the cooling system. More preferably, the emergency stop button is located on a front part of the device. Even more preferably, the emergency stop button is interlocked in an additional safety module.
- the outer casing of the device is made of stainless steel.
- the device comprises insulation. More preferably, the casing of the device comprises an interior insulation. This insulation is preferably an insulating layer.
- the device is a built-in device.
- the present invention also provides a distribution center, comprising a device as described above.
- the device is embedded within the distribution center.
- the distribution center is a mobile distribution center.
- the mobile distribution center comprises a vehicle in which the device is placed.
- the Mobile Distribution Center is a plasma collection center where plasma collections are performed on an outpatient basis. Subsequently, it is possible to distribute the plasma in hospitals or fixed distribution centers.
- This mobile distribution center can also be a mobile donation center or plasma collection center. More preferably, the mobile distribution center comprises at least six seats for patient donation, the mobile distribution center device preferably comprising at least six housings for the plasma bottles, these housings being distributed in two independent chambers.
- the mobile distribution center is a bus.
- the present invention also discloses a fixed distribution center comprising a device according to the present invention
- Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a plasma cooling device according to the present invention, with the chamber lids closed.
- Figure 2 shows a perspective view of a plasma cooling device according to the present invention, with the chamber covers open.
- Figure 3 shows a perspective view of a plasma cooling device according to the present invention, with one of the chamber covers closed and with another of the chamber covers open.
- Figure 4 shows a schematic view of a mobile distribution center according to the present invention.
- Figures 1, 2 and 3 show an example of an embodiment of a plasma cooling device 1 for a center for obtaining plasma by plasmapheresis.
- Figures 1, 2 and 3 show a device 1 comprising a casing and at least one cooling chamber inside, shown in Figure 2.
- the device also comprises a cooling system and a cooling system control system with the capacity to cool the containers to at least -30 °C in a time equal to or less than 60 minutes.
- the device casing 1 comprises a base part 3 and two covers 2, the device covers 2 and the base part being hingedly connected to each other.
- the device 1 comprises a stainless steel casing, and insulation on its inside.
- the insulation of the device can be an insulation of a known type that allows the exterior of the device to be insulated from the low temperatures inside the device.
- the device 1 can have an electrical connection of a known type and can be certified by the corresponding standards.
- the device 1 comprises two separate chambers 5 inside it (shown in figures 2 and 3).
- the device 1 comprises two covers 2, one for each chamber 5, by means of which the chambers 5 can be accessed to place plasma containers 9 inside them, more specifically plasma bottles.
- Each lid 2 comprises an opening means 20 to open respective chambers 5, the opening means shown being a handle.
- the lid opening means may be of any known type, such as a knob, a handle, a handle, etc.
- a separating element 50 allows physically separating both chambers 5, allowing the independent opening of each chamber 5.
- Other means of access to the chambers 5 can also be used, such as, for example, automatic doors or gates.
- the opening of said doors or gates can be done by means of a security lock (preferred opening method in the case of horizontally oriented doors), by means of an automatic opening from a locked bi-manual door (preferred opening method in the case of have the doors in a vertical orientation) or by any other known opening method.
- Figures 2 and 3 show the device with the two covers 2 of the chambers 5 open (figure 2), and with one of the covers 2 open and the other closed (figure 3).
- the cameras 5 are shown arranged vertically, although alternatively the different cameras can be located horizontally, so that their opening is carried out by a front part of! device 1.
- the cameras 5 can be located asymmetrically, having different sizes and configurations, this patent not being limited to a specific model of cameras.
- the chambers 5 comprise individual housings for cooling containers, more specifically for cooling plasma bottles 9 .
- the walls of the housings are cooled by the cooling system.
- the housings of the device 1 have a shape matching the shape of the bottles to allow contact of the bottles with the cooling walls of the housings. Due to the expansion suffered by the bottles during cooling, the accommodations for the plasma bottles can have dimensions slightly larger than the dimensions of the bottles to be housed. In this case, the conjugate shape of the housings with that of the plasma bottles 9 makes it possible to minimize the distance between the bottles and the cooling system, that is, between the bottles and the cooling surface of the housings, maximizing heat transfer and facilitating the cooling of the bottles.
- the housings for the plasma bottles can present an initial clearance in their adjustment, in such a way that it allows the contact of the housings with the surface of the bottles when the dimensions of the bottles have increased due to expansion, minimizing the distance between housing and bottle during the process, and also facilitating the extraction of bottles after freezing and expansion.
- the housings of the device 1 are shown with an essentially cylindrical or prismatic shape, their shape being a conjugate shape to the shape of bottles 9 which also have an essentially cylindrical or prismatic shape.
- the shape of the device housings can be of any known type and is not limited to a particular shape.
- the device can also comprise housings that have shapes that are different from each other. In this case, each of the different types of housings is adapted to the shape of bottles 9 with different shapes.
- Figures 2 and 3 show the housings in a vertical position within the chambers 5.
- the housings may be distributed horizontally within the chambers 5, or in any other arrangement, such as diagonally.
- the device may comprise a jacket (not shown) on the outer surface of the housings, which allows the existence of air to be eliminated between the housings and the bottles so that heat transfer takes place between them.
- This jacket comprises a liquid inside, preferably at a temperature such that it does not freeze during heat transfer.
- the jacket is preferably a flexible and elastic element that allows its shape to vary in relation to the expansion of the bottles, so as to maintain contact between the housing, the jacket and the bottle.
- the bottles could be inserted into the housings wrapped in a thermal sleeve around them. In a similar way to the jacket described above, said thermal sleeve would allow air to be eliminated between the bottle and the housing, while facilitating heat transfer from the cooling surface of the housing to the bottle.
- the housings are formed by upper housings 42 located in the covers 2 of the device 1, and lower housings 43 located in the base part 3 of the casing of the device 1, so that once the cover is closed 2 or gate, the shape of the upper 42 and lower 43 housings adjust to the shape of the bottles.
- the housings could not comprise a division into an upper housing and a lower housing and be formed by a single housing located in the base part of the casing of the device 1.
- the refrigeration system of the device 1 can be a contact shock refrigeration system, which allows rapid cooling or freezing of a container thanks to the transfer of temperature and heat exchange between the object to be frozen and a refrigerated surface.
- the proximity of the bottles 9 with a cooling surface of the housings allows the cooling of the bottles 9.
- the device 1 comprises a ventilation grill 8, which is shown in figures 1, 2 and 3. located at the bottom of one side of the device 1 .
- the cooling system is controlled by the control system, which allows bottles 9 to be cooled down to -30 °C or less in a maximum time of 60 minutes.
- the cooling system is arranged to independently cool the two chambers 5, while the control system is configured to separately control the cooling of said two chambers 5. In this way, the control system allows different cooling cycles to be carried out in each of the chambers 5, controlling them independently.
- the control system of the device 1 of the example of embodiment allows the cooling of the plasma bottles to -40 °C or less in a maximum time of 45 minutes.
- the control system also allows the performance of defrost cycles, which allow the elimination of ice inside the chambers that may appear after continued use of said device, facilitating the maintenance of the device 1.
- the device 1 also comprises a drain (not shown) to remove said meltwater.
- the control system controls the cooling system allowing the temperature on the walls of the housings to be such as to allow the cooling of the plasma bottles to at least -30 °C in a maximum time of 60 minutes.
- the control system sends a signal to a user interface 7 indicating that said temperature has been reached, so that the operator or qualified personnel can know that the cycle of Cooling is over and the bottles can be removed.
- the lid parts 2 or gates of each chamber 5 may contain automatic opening means, so that the control system allows the automatic opening of said lid parts 2 or gates once the cooling cycle has finished.
- the control system further comprises control elements of the cooling system located close to the walls of the housings (both the walls of the upper 42 and lower 43 housings and single housings) for the plasma bottles 9, which allow to facilitate the control of temperature of the chamber housing walls 5.
- control elements can understand sensors. Other placements of these control elements, such as on the outside of the housing walls, are also possible. These sensors help to indirectly control the temperature of the plasma bottles 9 . Additionally and/or alternatively, the plasma bottles 9 may contain temperature sensors to control the temperature of said bottles 9.
- each of the two chambers 5 comprises three seats for respective bottles 9, with the capacity of each chamber 5 being three bottles and the maximum capacity of the device 1 being six bottles 9.
- the device 1 may comprise more chambers 5, or additional housings in each of the chambers 5 so that the maximum capacity of the device 1 is greater.
- the device 1 may comprise less than six bottle holders, the device 1 not being limited to the total number of bottle holders.
- the device 1 comprises two respective viewers 6 to be able to observe the interior of each one of the cameras 5, located in the front part of the device casing.
- the viewfinder 6 can be located in said doors, being other provisions of said viewers in relation to the device equally valid.
- Figures 1 and 3 also show a user interface 7 arranged on a side wall of the device 1.
- the interface 7 may be placed on any other side wall of the device 1, or it could be an external interface to the device 1.
- This interface 7 is a touch screen of known type, being a single interface to control both cameras.
- the device 1 comprises an interface 7 for each of the cameras 5.
- the interface 7 makes it easy for the medical staff to control and view data from both chambers 5 from the outside, facilitating the monitoring of the cooling cycles of both chambers 5, as well as the monitoring of parameters such as the temperature of each chamber 5 or the elapsed time in cycles.
- This interface 7 also allows monitoring of other elements such as viewers 6, housings, or alarms, sensors or other security elements additionally placed in the device 1 . From these data, the medical staff can make work reports of the cooling cycles of the different chambers 5 for later monitoring.
- the device may also comprise additional means for data input, such as control buttons, a keyboard or a joystick, and be controlled by control means of known type.
- the control system of the device 1 comprises an emergency stop button 70 of the cooling system.
- the emergency stop button 70 allows to open the gates or the covers 2 of the chambers 5 in case there is a leak in the insulation that prevents the correct operation of the little device 1, thus allowing the bottles 9 to be extracted before completion. of the cycle to avoid damaging the properties of the plasma inside said bottles 9.
- This emergency stop button 70 can be interlocked in a safety module on the front of the device 1. Alternatively, the emergency stop button 70 can be disposed in any other part of the housing of the device 1 .
- the device object of the present invention is not limited to two chambers, and may thus comprise more than two chambers or only one chamber.
- the device would comprise a cover, a means for opening the cover and a viewfinder for each of the cameras.
- the device 1 comprises a barcode reader that allows reading the codes that identify each of the bottles 9. Since it is usual for the bottles 9 to include a barcode to identify the donation, the reader facilitates the identification of the bottles in each cycle.
- the device may also comprise a sealing system, which is preferably a bushing. This sealing system, of the watertight type, maintains the insulation and facilitates the placement of probes at the same time. These probes may be connected between an external logger system and the device.
- Device 1 also allows the validation of the control elements by placing one or two test bottles 9 or "dummy". In this validation process, the bottles are connected to the PLC of device 1, preferably by means of a probe.
- FIG 4 shows a mobile distribution center 100 which is a vehicle, more specifically a bus.
- the bus 100 comprises inside a device 1 for cooling plasma bottles according to the present invention, comprising two separate chambers with accommodations for placing plasma bottles inside, and seats 110 for plasma donation and/or extraction. donors, patients or individuals by plasmapheresis.
- the mobile distribution center 100 is shown with six seats 110, the device 1 comprising two separate chambers with at least six housings to place at least six bottles inside, three of them in each of the chambers.
- the present invention is not limited to a particular number of seats in the donation center.
- the donation center may comprise more or less than six seats, and the device 1 may also have more or less than six places for plasma bottles inside.
- Having two separate chambers and being able to carry out two bottle cooling cycles simultaneously and staggered in time it is not necessary to have a number of donors equal to the maximum capacity of the device to extract both plasmas and it allows for bottle cooling cycles to be carried out. a smaller number of plasma bottles, being advantageous in situations where fewer donors are available.
- the bus 100 in Figure 4 also allows staggered blood draws to be performed in a manner analogous to cooling cycles.
- the device 1 is portable or has portability means to facilitate its movement on and off the bus.
- the bus may comprise more donation seats and/or more than one container cooling device 1.
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