ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,204, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Haemonetics Corp. (Boston).
"System and method for collecting plasma" was invented by Michael Ragusa (Hingham, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for collecting plasma includes determining the weight, height, and hematocrit of a donor, and calculating a donor plasma volume and a target plasma collection volume. The target plasma collection volume is based on the donor plasma volume and a target percentage of plasma. The method then withdraws blood from the donor through a line connected to a blood component separation device, and introduces anticoagulant into the withdrawn blood. The b...