US Patent Issued to ELIAZ THERAPEUTIC on July 7 for "Plasmapheresis device" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,146, issued on July 7, was assigned to ELIAZ THERAPEUTIC INC. (Sebastopol, Calif.).

"Plasmapheresis device" was invented by Isaac Eliaz (Santa Rosa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plasmapheresis device includes a column or other flow mechanism in which plasma lows following separation of the plasma from cellular components like blood cells, platelets and the like. The column includes a moiety, such as an antibody, which selectively binds to galectin-3. By removing galectin-3 from the blood stream of a mammal by at least 10%, improvements in the treatment of inflammation, suppression of the formation of fibroses, and a variety...