1. A flexible bag (1) intended to receive a biological fluid with a view to its centrifugation, comprising an external enclosure (2) formed by two sheets of flexible plastic (3, 3) connected at their periphery (4) so as to define an internal volume (5) for the said fluid, the said external enclosure (2) being provided with at least one inlet (6) andor outlet (7) orifice for the fluid, the said bag (1) also comprising means (8) for the temporary association of at least one component with the said bag (1), the said means (8) being disposed on the external enclosure (2), the said bag (1) being characterised in that the temporary association means are assembled on the bag (1) on a part of the periphery (4) of the enclosure (2) and are arranged to allow the insertion of the said component between the said means (8) and the said enclosure (2) so as to provide temporary association during the centrifugation of the bag (1).
2. A bag (1) according to claim 1, characterised in that the temporary association means (8) are formed from at least one strip of flexible plastics material (9), the said strip (9) being connected to the bag (1) so as to form a passage between the said strip (9) and the said enclosure (2).
3. A bag (1) according to claim 2, characterised in that it has a substantially rectangular shape, the lateral ends (10) of the strip (9) being assembled respectively on two opposite edges (11, 11) of the bag (1).
4. A bag (1) according to claim 1, characterised in that the temporary association means (8) are formed by a portion of sheet of flexible plastics material (16), the said portion (16) being associated with the bag (1) so as to form a housing (19) between the said portion (16) and the said enclosure (2).
5. A bag (1) according to claim 4, characterised in that the bag (1) and the portion of sheet (16) have a substantially rectangular shape, three sides (17, 17, 17) of the portion of sheet (16) being assembled respectively on three adjacent edges (18, 18, 18) of the bag (1).
6. A bag system comprising at least one bag (1, 35) according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterised in that a filter (13, 13) is connected to the said bag (1, 35) by means of a tube (25, 42) so as to be able to be associated temporarily with the said bag (1, 35).
7. A bag system according to claim 6, characterised in that it also comprises at least one other bag (21, 34) connected to the filter (13, 13) andor to the bag (1, 35).
8. A method of separating blood into its various components using a bag system according to claim 6 or 7, the said method comprising the steps making provision for:
associating a filter (13, 13) with a bag (1, 35);
taking off the whole blood in a bag (21);
centrifuging the bag system so as to separate the blood into its various components;
separating the filter (13, 13) from the bag (1, 35) so as to allow subsequent filtration of at least one component of the blood.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A system for obtaining status of a receiving device over a network comprising:
equipment adapted to provide output signals indicative of the status of the receiving device, wherein the receiving device comprises an address for receiving communications;
a status file connected to the equipment for receiving the output signals from the equipment;
a first network connected to the status file;
a sending device connected to the first network, the sending device comprising instructions for accessing the status file over the first network,
and for obtaining the status of the receiving device, wherein the status comprises an identifier of a user within a preset access distance of the receiving device to receive communications.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the receiving device comprises a telephone, and wherein the signals indicative of the status of the receiving device comprises off-hook signals from the telephone if the telephone is off-hook.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein the status file comprises the off-hook status of the telephone if the of telephone is off hook.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the receiving device comprises a telephone, and wherein the signals indicative of the status of the receiving device comprises on-hook signals from the telephone if the telephone is on-hook.
5. The system of claim 4, wherein the status file comprises the on-hook status of the telephone if the of telephone is on-hook.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the first network is selected from the group consisting of a wired network, wireless network, a fiber network, hybrid fiber coax network, a switched network, a packet-based network, a cable network, a public switched telephone network, and the Internet.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the receiving device is selected from the group consisting of a computing device, a digital telephone providing voice over IP, a personal data assistance, a cell phone, a radio phone, and a video phone.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein a sending device is selected from the group consisting of a computing device, a digital telephone providing voice over IP, a personal data assistance, a cell phone, a radio phone, and a video phone, a switch, a router, a proxy server, and a PBX.
9. The system of claim 1, wherein the system further comprises a second network and wherein the sending device is adapted to:
associate a user address with the user identifier; and
route communications addressed to the user address to the address of the receiving device via the second network.
10. The system of claim 9, wherein the second network is selected from the group consisting of a wired network, wireless network, a fiber network, hybrid fiber coax network, a switched network, a packet-based network, a cable network, a public switched telephone network, and the Internet.
11. The system of claim 1, wherein the receiving device is a telephone and the user address and the receiving device address are telephone numbers.
12. A system for determining the status of a receiving device over a network comprising:
the receiving device, wherein the receiving device comprises a receiving device address;
a datastore comprising a user identifier associated with a user address;
a receiving device monitor adapted to:
provide state data indicative of a state of the receiving device; and
provide proximity data indicative of a user within a preset access distance of the receiving device to receive communications from the sending device, and wherein the proximity data comprises a user identifier;
a status file adapted to receive the state data and the proximity data from the receiving device monitor;
a first network connected to the status file;
a sending device connected to the first network and a second network, wherein the sending device is adapted to:
access the status file over the first network;
obtain the status of the receiving device;
using the user identifier, obtain a user address; and
route communications addressed to the user address to the receiving device address via the second network.
13. The system of claim 12, wherein the receiving device comprises a telephone, and wherein the signals indicative of the status of the receiving device comprises off-hook signals from the telephone if the telephone is off-hook.
14. The system of claim 13, wherein the status file comprises the off-hook status of the telephone if the of telephone is off hook.
15. The system of claim 12, wherein the receiving device comprises a telephone, and wherein the signals indicative of the status of the receiving device comprises on-hook signals from the telephone if the telephone is on-hook.
16. The system of claim 15, wherein the status file comprises the on-hook status of the telephone if the of telephone is on-hook.
17. The system of claim 1, wherein the first network and second network are selected from the group consisting of a wired network, wireless network, a fiber network, hybrid fiber coax network, a switched network, a packet-based network, a cable network, a public switched telephone network, and the Internet.
18. The system of claim 1, wherein the receiving device is selected from the group consisting of a computing device, a digital telephone providing voice over IP, a personal data assistance, a cell phone, a radio phone, and a video phone.
19. The system of claim 1, wherein a sending device is selected from the group consisting of a computing device, a digital telephone providing voice over IP, a personal data assistance, a cell phone, a radio phone, and a video phone, a switch, a router, a proxy server, and a PBX.
20. The system of claim 1, wherein the receiving device is a telephone and the user address and the receiving device address are telephone numbers.
21. A system for determining the status of a receiving device over a network comprising:
the receiving device, wherein the receiving device comprises a receiving device address;
a datastore comprising a user identifier associated with a user address;
a receiving device state monitor adapted to provide state data indicative of a state of the receiving device;
an RFID monitor adapted to provide proximity data indicative of a user within a preset access distance of the receiving device to receive communications from the sending device, and wherein the proximity data comprises a user identifier;
a status file adapted to receive the state data from the receiving device state monitor and the proximity data from the RFID monitor;
a first network connected to the status file;
a sending device connected to the first network and a second network, wherein the sending device is adapted to:
access the status file over the first network;
obtain the status of the receiving device;
using the user identifier, obtain a user address; and
route communications addressed to the user address to the receiving device address via the second network.