The present invention provides tangential flow filtration devices and
methods for enriching a heterogeneous mixture of blood constituents for
leukocytes by removal of non-leukocyte blood constituents. In one
particular embodiment the device can provide a composition enriched in
monocytes. One embodiment includes a remover unit (1) having a crossflow
chamber (3) separated by a microporous filter (5) from a filtrate chamber
(4), the remover unit (1) also having a tangential flow inlet (6), a
fluid outlet (7) for a fluid enriched in leukocytes and a filtrate outlet
(8).