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An apparatus and method for collecting a large volume of blood from an umbilical cord in a sterile environment are shown and described. A housing having an inner region adapted to retain an umbilical cord in a desired location is provided, the housing having an opening through which the cord extends

An apparatus and method for collecting a large volume of blood from an umbilical cord in a sterile environment are shown and described. A housing having an inner region adapted to retain an umbilical cord in a desired location is provided, the housing having an opening through which the cord extends from the inner region of the housing to a region external to the housing. The cord is cut by a blade coupled to the housing, either by the motion of the blade from a first position to a second position, or by the movement of two portions of the housing from a first extended position to a second collapsed position. The newly cut end of the umbilical cord falls and hangs freely in the inner region of the housing, blood flowing from the placenta and umbilical cord via gravity into a blood collection region of the housing. The blood collection region may be flexible, and may be coupled to a conventional blood collection bag.

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[ We claim:] [1.] An apparatus for collecting blood from an umbilical cord, comprising:a housing having a channel in an inner region, the housing having an opening in communication with the channel and in communication with a region external to the housing, the umbilical cord passing through the cha

[ We claim:] [1.] An apparatus for collecting blood from an umbilical cord, comprising:a housing having a channel in an inner region, the housing having an opening in communication with the channel and in communication with a region external to the housing, the umbilical cord passing through the channel and extending through the opening;a blade moveably coupled to the housing, the blade being positioned to move from a first position, across the opening to a second position, thereby cutting the umbilical cord extending through the opening, the inner region of the housing engaging only a portion of the umbilical cord such that an end of the umbilical cord hangs freely in the inner region;a blood collection region in fluid communication with the inner region of the housing, such that blood flows via gravity from the umbilical cord into the blood collection region, the housing being substantially closed to the external environment such that the blood from the umbilical cord is collected in a substantially aseptic environment; andan air vent in the blood collection region, the air vent being sized to allow air to flow therethrough into and out of the blood collection region as the blood flows into the blood collection region.