US Patent Issued to Fenwal on Aug. 18 for "Membrane separation devices, systems and methods employing same, and data management systems and methods" (Illinois, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,702, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Fenwal Inc. (Lake Zurich, Ill.).

"Membrane separation devices, systems and methods employing same, and data management systems and methods" was invented by Benjamin E. Kusters (Racine, Wis.), Christopher J. Wegener (Libertyville, Ill.), Daniel R. Boggs (Libertyville, Ill.), Kyungyoon Min (Kildeer, Ill.), William H. Cork (Lake Bluff, Ill.), Daryl R. Calhoun (Gurnee, Ill.), Bryan Blickhan (Libertyville, Ill.) and Daniel Lynn (Spring Grove, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A membrane separation device is disclosed along with systems and methods employing the device in blood processing procedure...