US Patent Issued to TERUMO on March 17 for "Blood component sampling cassette, blood sampling circuit set, and blood component sampling system" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. RE50,824, issued on March 17, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).

"Blood component sampling cassette, blood sampling circuit set, and blood component sampling system" was invented by Masatsugu Igarashi (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blood component sampling cassette which can be more efficiently manufactured at lower cost as compared to a typical cassette, a blood sampling circuit set, and a blood component sampling system. A blood component sampling cassette (22) includes a cassette main body (23) made of a soft material to which heat sterilization is applicable. The cassette main body (23) is provided with a retransfu...