ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,147, issued on July 7, was assigned to Maco Pharma (Mouvaux, France).
"Unit for filtering leukocytes with reduced platelet adhesion" was invented by Laurent Ducoroy (Quesnoy-sur-Deule, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a filtration unit for enabling the selective leucocytapheresis of a fluid containing blood platelets. The filtration unit includes an external pouch provided with an inlet orifice and an outlet orifice, the pouch enclosing a porous element interposed between the orifices. The porous element encloses a leucocytapheresis medium impregnated with a polymer, the polymer having the general formula...