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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2022
Fenwal, Inc., Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Christopher J. Wegener, Libertyville, IL (US);
Fenwal, Inc., Lake Zurich, IL (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for separating blood components from whole blood. A blood processing device, as part of a blood processing system, has a controller configured to operate the blood processing device based on a plurality of collection protocols. The blood processing device is wirelessly connected to a remote computing device configured to maintain a plurality of collection protocols. At least one additional computing device is configured to update one or more of the plurality of collection protocols on said remote computing device by communicating changes to a protocol maintained on the remote computing device which updates the plurality of collection protocols at the controller of the blood processing device.