ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,172, issued on June 17, was assigned to Arthrex Inc. (Naples, Fla.).

"Method of use of cellular component concentrator and filter apparatus" was invented by Christopher M. Bare (Naples, Fla.), Robert M. Harrison IV (Naples, Fla.), Melissa S. Tucker (Estero, Fla.) and Abigail Nabors (Naples, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes a disc-like apparatus and method of its use allowing for the one-step concentration and separation of therapeutic factors found in mammalian body fluid."

The patent was filed on Sept. 19, 2022, under Application No. 17/947,664.

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