US Patent Issued to Fenwal on Nov. 25 for "Centrifugal separation and collection of red blood cells and plasma" (Wisconsin, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,712, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Fenwal Inc. (Lake Zurich, Ill.).

"Centrifugal separation and collection of red blood cells and plasma" was invented by Benjamin E. Kusters (Pleasant Prairie, Wis.) and Kyungyoon Min (Kildeer, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for separating blood into two or more components for collection of red blood cells, plasma, or both red blood cells and plasma. A blood separation system includes a blood separation device and a fluid flow circuit configured to be mounted to the blood separation device. The blood separation device includes a centrifugal separator and a sp...