ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,563, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to SEKISUI MEDICAL Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Clot adhesion preventing agent and blood collection container" was invented by Kuniya Komai (Yamaguchi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a clot adhesion preventing agent capable of suppressing adhesion of clot to the inner wall surface of a blood collection container. The clot adhesion preventing agent according to the present invention includes a polyether compound or a silicone oil, and an amino acid."

The patent was filed on Jan. 29, 2020, under Application No. 17/426,014.

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