ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,700, issued on July 1, was assigned to ORTHO-CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS INC. (Raritan, N.J.).
"Device for whole blood separation" was invented by Irene Sinn Blandy (San Diego), Rayna Thiesen (San Diego), Scott Alexander Fall (San Diego), Robert Reed (Carlsbad, Calif.) and Robert Weiller (Encinitas, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Separation of the cellular components of whole blood, or other biological fluid, from plasma or serum can be achieved for assay analysis. A device for facilitating separation can include, for example, a capillary tube that accurately draws target blood volume, a pad that chemically interacts with red-blood ce...