ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,471, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).
"Blood bag system and manufacturing method therefor" was invented by Masatsugu Igarashi (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blood bag system is equipped with a blood collection bag in which blood is accommodated, a parent bag and a child bag in which blood components separated from the blood are accommodated, and flow paths that connect the blood collection bag and the parent bag. The blood collection bag, the parent bag, the child bag, and the flow paths are formed integrally by a first sheet body and a second sheet body that is superimposed on the first shee...