US Patent Issued to Terumo BCT on April 21 for "Method and system for determining plasma protein content of whole blood using refractometry" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,495, issued on April 21, was assigned to Terumo BCT Inc. (Lakewood, Colo.).

"Method and system for determining plasma protein content of whole blood using refractometry" was invented by Dennis J. Hlavinka (Arvada, Colo.) and Thomas J. Felt (Boulder, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system is provided that measures plasma protein levels of whole blood while a plasma donor is connected to an apheresis machine. A refractometer associated with the apheresis machine is capable of receiving a portion of a disposable tubing set including an integrated cuvette and prism. The integrated cuvette of the disposable tubing set c...