US Patent Issued to CYPHER MEDICAL on Sept. 15 for "Minimal surface area collection device and rapid method for estimating low blood volume" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,549, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to CYPHER MEDICAL LLC (Boerne, Texas).

"Minimal surface area collection device and rapid method for estimating low blood volume" was invented by Christopher A. Carew (Fair Oaks Ranch, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insert for a holding device for reliably and accurately assessing a small volume of blood in a fluid, such as in a volume of surgical fluid collected during a surgical procedure, is provided. The insert may include a circular shelf having an outside perimeter configured to fit up against an inside perimeter of a holding device. The insert may include a center opening. The ins...