ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,920, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Velico Medical Inc. (Beverly, Mass.).
"Spray-dried blood products and methods of making same" was invented by Thomas H. Fischer (Durham, N.C.), Joseph A DaCorta (Durham, N.C.) and Michael Lawrence Galiger (Durham, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a method of preparing dehydrated blood products, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a hydrated blood product; (b) spray-drying the hydrated blood product to produce a dehydrated blood product, as well as dehydrated blood products made by the method. The present invention is directed to a method of treating ...