ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,366, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).

"Biological component treatment system, biological component treatment device, and cell culturing method" was invented by Masatsugu Igarashi (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biological component treatment system is equipped with a biological component kit having a path through which a culture medium is capable of flowing, and a biological component treatment device that controls a flowing state of the culture medium. A method for culturing cells includes performing a measurement of information in relation to lactic acid, calculating a number of cells during c...