ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,582, issued on March 25, was assigned to New York Blood Center Inc. (New York).
"Method of blood pooling and storage" was invented by Beth Shaz (New York) and Christopher D. Hillyer (New York).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides methods of making a red blood cell, plasma, and platelet products having a uniform dose and volume. The method comprises pooling a plurality of blood units, leukoreducing the blood and inactivating any pathogen contained therein. Plasma, RBCs, and platelets are then divided into uniform dose and volume units which have an extended shelf life."
The patent was filed on July 17, 2019, under A...