US Patent Issued to Canon Virginia on May 13 for "Methods and devices for separation of blood components" (Virginia, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,296, issued on May 13, was assigned to Canon Virginia Inc. (Newport News, Va.).

"Methods and devices for separation of blood components" was invented by Nabil Mikhaiel (Newport News, Va.), Lindsay Sanford (Coventry, Conn.), Kelly Coughenour (Newport News, Va.) and Jeremy Schreiber (Newport News, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for the separation of blood components including separation by rapid sedimentation, including in an automated fashion."

The patent was filed on Sept. 1, 2022, under Application No. 17/929,203.

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