ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,604, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Velico Medical Inc. (Beverly, Mass.).

"Dried plasma system" was invented by Robert R. Andrews (Norfolk, Mass.), Herman E. Snyder (W.Lafayette, Ind.), William J. Merritt (Danvers, Mass.), Evan P. Ordway (Salem, Mass.), Clair Strohl (Emmaus, Pa.), Richard Meehan (Caragh, Ireland), Mark A. Popovsky (Sharon, Mass.), Lisa A. Buckley (Portland, Ore.) and Jihae Sohn (Salem, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention includes a spray drying disposable device for use in a spray drying system. The disposable has a spray drying head and a plasma drying chamber. The head has a spray dry noz...