ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,433, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Velico Medical Inc. (Beverly, Mass.).

"Transportable and expandable blood plasma collection and spray drying facility" was invented by Ciaran P. Flanagan (County Meath, Ireland), Richard Meehan (Caragh, Ireland), Robert R. Andrews (Norfolk, Mass.), William J. Merritt (Danvers, Mass.), Evan P. Ordway (Salem, Mass.) and Kyle D. Erickson (Melrose, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a transportable, containerized, modular and expandable blood facility, namely a blood collection, blood processing and/or spray drying facility. The inventive self-contained portable p...