US Patent Issued on Oct. 20 for "Blood separation tube comprising cell activation part" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,501, issued on Oct. 20.

"Blood separation tube comprising cell activation part" was invented by Min Yong Jeon (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a blood separation tube used in centrifugation devices and, more specifically, to a blood separation tube comprising a cell activation part configured to generate physical stress through collision with blood being centrifuged, so that blood cells in the blood, such as platelets, white blood cells, and lymphocytes, can be activated. To this end, the present invention comprises: a tube body having a chamber for accommodating blood; and a cell ac...