US Patent Issued to Fenwal on July 29 for "Therapeutic plasma exchange systems and methods" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,295, issued on July 29, was assigned to Fenwal Inc. (Lake Zurich, Ill.).

"Therapeutic plasma exchange systems and methods" was invented by Kyungyoon Min (Kildeer, Ill.) and Samantha Michalski Planas (Wauconda, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for performing therapeutic plasma exchange are provided. The systems and methods utilize a plasmapheresis device that includes a controller that is configured and/or programmed to monitor the amount plasma collected and initiate delivery of a therapeutic agent."

The patent was filed on Nov. 4, 2020, under Application No. 17/089,488.

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