ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,480, issued on May 5, was assigned to Haemonetics Corp. (Boston).
"Apheresis devices fleet management system and method" was invented by Melvin Tan (Edmonton, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fleet management system includes apheresis devices and a fleet management device remotely located from and in communication with the apheresis devices. Each apheresis device has a controller, firmware and firmware settings. The fleet management device includes an interface to allow a user to interact with the fleet management device, a server and a processor. The server receives information regarding the firmware/firmware settings of each o...