ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,810, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Fenwal Inc. (Lake Zurich, Ill.).

"Dynamic adjustment of algorithms for separation and collection of blood components" was invented by Brian C. Case (Lake Villa, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Blood is conveyed from a source into a separator, which separates at least one target blood component from the blood. The target blood component is then conveyed out of the separator, with the procedure continuing until an initial target amount of blood to be processed has been conveyed from the source into the separator and the target blood component separated from the initial target amount of blood ...