Haemonetics is Granted Contract from the U.S. Department of Defense for Research to Support Frozen Blood Reserve.Business Editors BRAINTREE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 2003 Haemonetics Corporation was awarded a $1.6 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to further research on blood freezing technology, the Company announced today. The award supports development of additional red cell freezing protocols for Haemonetics' ACP (Associate Computing Professional) The award for successful completion of an examination in computers offered by the ICCP. It is geared to newcomers in the computing field. For more information, visit www.iccp.org. ACP - Algebra of Communicating Processes (TM) 215 system for use in military and civilian frozen blood reserve programs. Access to frozen blood can be critical during times of war, crisis, or blood shortages when supplies of fresh donor blood are not adequate. The ACP 215 system is currently FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. cleared for use in laboratory processing of some frozen blood. This contract will fund clinical studies to expand the applications for Haemonetics' freezing technology in both the military and civilian sectors. The clinical trials will evaluate additional blood preservation solutions as well as temperature conditions used in frozen blood processing. Clinical studies will be done at five civilian sites in the U.S. over the next year. Industry experts have identified frozen blood inventories as key to assuring a safe and available U.S. blood supply. Dr. Ronald Gilcher, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the Oklahoma Blood Institute and a former member of the Health and Human Services Noun 1. Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Department of Health and Human Services, HHS Committee on Blood Safety and Availability, addressed that Committee in August to talk about frozen blood reserves. Dr. Gilcher commented, "The liquid blood supply needs to be backed up with a frozen reserve to ensure that we can handle any major crisis in our system. 14-day shelf life of thawed thaw v. thawed, thaw·ing, thaws v.intr. 1. To change from a frozen solid to a liquid by gradual warming. 2. blood, made possible by the closed system on the Haemonetics ACP 215 cell processor, is absolutely critical to the development of the frozen reserve system. Additional regulatory clearances that give us greater flexibility in storage solutions and temperature conditions will make the ACP 215 system far more effective for us." Haemonetics announced on September 18th that the Food and Drug had cleared the ACP 215 system for a protocol for washing red cells of their plasma component prior to transfusion Transfusion Definition Transfusion is the process of transferring whole blood or blood components from one person (donor) to another (recipient). to patients. Haemonetics (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : HAE) is a global company engaged in the design, manufacture and worldwide marketing of automated blood processing systems. These systems address important medical markets: surgical blood salvage salvage, in maritime law, the compensation that the owner must pay for having his vessel or cargo saved from peril, such as shipwreck, fire, or capture by an enemy. Salvage is awarded only when the party making the rescue was under no legal obligation to do so. , blood component collection, plasma collection, and blood component safety. To learn more about Haemonetics' products and markets, visit its web site at http://www.haemonetics.com. |
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