ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,834, issued on March 24, was assigned to PRP TECHNOLOGIES INC (San Carlos, Calif.).

"Method for preparing an injectable plasma gel from a sample of centrifuged blood" was invented by Ryszard Kowalewski (Vancouver, Canada) and Marcin Kowalewski (Calgary, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for preparing an injectable plasma gel from a sample of centrifuged blood, comprising: provide a collection tube containing a sample of whole blood. Centrifuge and then heat the collection tube to create an upper layer of denatured plasma and a lower layer of denatured red blood cells. Providing an assembly including a syringe (or a syri...