The Tube Stripper is a “plier-like” tool used to strip/expel undiluted residual blood, in the PVC tubing segment, back into the blood component bag. The Tube Stripper operates on the principle of using two rolling wheels to squeeze fluid forward. The operator manually places the PVC tubing segment between the two roller wheels, grips the clamp body, and slides the Tube Stripper forward along the PVC tubing segment. As the segment is compressed between the two roller wheels, the residual blood within the PVC tubing segment flows forward until it completely drains into the blood component bag. When used in blood/blood component processing applications, the Tube Stripper facilitates manual mixing with anticoagulant and red cells. The Tube Stripper has no intended medical purpose and is not intended for in vitro use in blood banking.
A hand-held device designed to empty the blood contents of a section of tubing by compressing the tubing walls, typically to strip blood during blood collection or processing procedures, or for postsurgical blood removal. It is typically designed with proximal grip handles and two distal blades that join at a pivot point and which terminate in cylindrical roller bearings; when the handles are compressed the roller bearings are brought together thus squeezing the tubing. This is a reusable device.