US Patent Issued to SEKISUI MEDICAL on Sept. 29 for "Leukocyte concentration separation device, blood collection container, and method for separating leukocytes" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,542, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to SEKISUI MEDICAL Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Leukocyte concentration separation device, blood collection container, and method for separating leukocytes" was invented by Kuniya Komai (Yamaguchi, Japan) and Hironobu Isogawa (Yamaguchi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a blood collection container with which a specimen with a high leukocyte recovery rate and a small amount of contaminating erythrocytes can be obtained. A blood collection container according to the present invention is a blood collection container by which a predetermined amount of blood is collected, the blood collection ...