An Evaluation of the Spectra Optia CMNC Collection Procedure

The Spectra Optia® Apheresis System is an automated centrifugal system that separates whole blood into its cellular and plasma components. The device is comprised of three major sub-systems, 1) the apheresis machine itself (centrifuge, centrifuge filler, pumps, valves, computerized safety and control systems, etc.), 2) a sterile, single-use, disposable blood tubing set, and 3) embedded software. The Spectra Optia system's investigational CMNC procedure will be used to collect MNC from the peripheral blood.

It is also a centrifugal system that separates whole blood into its cellular and plasma components. The COBE Spectra MNC collection procedure is chosen as the comparator device because it is the reference after which design of the Spectra Optia CMNC collection procedure was modeled.

Each subject received an injection of the G-CSF approximately equivalent to 10 ug/kg body weight subcutaneous per day for 5 days prior to the MNC collection procedure.