ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,923, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Seastar Medical Inc. (Denver).
"Cytopheresis cartridges and use thereof" was invented by H. David Humes (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Deborah A. Buffington (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Christopher J. Pino (Saline, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a cytopheretic cartridge for use in treating and/or preventing inflammatory conditions within a subject and to related methods. More particularly, the invention relates to a cytopheretic cartridge that includes a housing and, disposed within the housing, a solid support capable of sequestering activated leukocytes and/or platelets....