ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,200, issued on June 10, was assigned to Terumo BCT Inc. (Lakewood, Colo.).
"Centrifugal cassette with molded insertable valves" was invented by Randy Peery (Lakewood, Colo.), James Ladtkow (Broomfield, Colo.), Jesse Janzen (Golden, Colo.), Andrew Gloor (Lakewood, Colo.) and Kevin Klimek (Denver).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a centrifuge cassette assembly (800) for separating a fluid and related method of manufacture. The cassette assembly includes a first chamber, a second chamber (308), a fluidic channel (808) creating a fluid connection between the first chamber and the second chamber, at least one molded insertion val...