US Patent Issued to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics on Feb. 17 for "Devices and methods for plasma separation and metering" (Indiana, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,905, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. (Tarrytown, N.Y.).

"Devices and methods for plasma separation and metering" was invented by Aaron Kauffmann (Elkhart, Ind.), Jon Stradinger (Kalamazoo, Mich.) and David Ledden (Elkhart, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, assemblies, and kits are disclosed for separating and/or metering a plasma sample from a patient's liquid test sample. Also disclosed are methods of producing and using same."

The patent was filed on June 28, 2021, under Application No. 18/001,885.

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