ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,701, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Fenwal Inc. (Lake Zurich, Ill.).
"Network of cell processing systems and related method" was invented by Steven Binninger (Evanston, Ill.), Christopher J. Wegener (Libertyville, Ill.), Alaina Schlinker (Chicago) and Bret M. Olson (Chicago).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of processing blood includes receiving from a touch screen user input data for a protocol for a wash procedure. The user input data includes a numeric value. The method includes storing the protocol in a memory, receiving an identifier from a user, determining if the identifier permits the user to modify the protocol and...