US Patent Issued to Terumo BCT on June 16 for "Apheresis system safety features" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,937, issued on June 16, was assigned to Terumo BCT Inc. (Lakewood, Colo.).

"Apheresis system safety features" was invented by Charles L. Hake (Arvada, Colo.), Mark E. Hillam (Wheat Ridge, Colo.), John Pittinger (Evergreen, Colo.), Bruce Ellingboe (Littleton, Colo.), Peter O'Brien (Denver), Dennis Bebie (Denver) and Hong Duc Nguyen (Lakewood, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apheresis system at least partially defines a chamber and includes centrifuge that is movable between lock and unlock states. The centrifuge includes a base, cover, lock assembly, and latch assembly. The cover engages the base and defines slots. The lock as...