US Patent Issued to Fenwal on Aug. 11 for "System and methods incorporating replacement fluid maximization" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,738, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Fenwal Inc. (Lake Zurich, Ill.).

"System and methods incorporating replacement fluid maximization" was invented by Zahra R. Ali (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processing system includes a processor including a separator, a set configured to cooperate with the separator to separate whole blood into plasma and other components, the set including an inlet line attachable to a patient to receive whole blood and an return line attachable to a patient to return processed fluid, and a source of replacement fluid connected to the disposable set, the processor configured to combine the other ...