US Patent Issued to Terumo BCT on Oct. 7 for "Fluid control and bypass features for an apheresis system" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,989, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Terumo BCT Inc. (Lakewood, Colo.).

"Fluid control and bypass features for an apheresis system" was invented by Brian M. Holmes (Evergreen, Colo.), Thomas J. Felt (Boulder, Colo.) and Taylor Polodna (Golden, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are embodiments that include methods and devices for separating components from multi-component fluids. Embodiments may involve use of separation vessels and movement of components into and out of separation vessels through ports. Embodiments may involve the separation of plasma from whole blood. Also described are embodiments that include methods...