US Patent Issued to Fenwal on May 13 for "Systems and methods for processing large volumes of biological fluid" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,086, issued on May 13, was assigned to Fenwal Inc. (Lake Zurich, Ill.).

"Systems and methods for processing large volumes of biological fluid" was invented by Christopher J. Wegener (Libertyville, Ill.), Steven C. Binninger (Evanston, Ill.), Alaina Schlinker (Chicago) and Bret Olson (Evanston, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Automated systems and methods for processing a biological cell suspension are disclosed. The systems and methods allow for the processing of large volumes of a biological cell suspension contained in or more source containers."

The patent was filed on Sept. 27, 2018, under Application No. 16/143,849.

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