IP Library Granted Patent US 10,730,021
Granted Patent B2
US 10,730,021 · App. 16/424,873 · Granted Aug 4, 2020

Systems, devices, and methods for bodily fluid separation materials

Inventors: Samartha Anekal (San Jose, CA); Deborah Sloan (San Ramon, CA)
Assignee: Labrador Diagnostics LLC
B01D69/12A61M1/34A61M1/3403B01D65/02B01D67/0088B01D69/06B01D71/68A61M2202/0415A61M2207/00B01D2325/14B01D2325/16
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Patent No.
US 10,730,021
App. No.
16/424,873
Granted
Aug 4, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one embodiment described herein, a bodily fluid separation material is provided comprising a formed component capture region and a bodily fluid pass-through region. The pass-through region has structures with a reduced liquid leaching quality relative to than the capture region, wherein during separation material use, bodily fluid enters the capture region prior to entering the pass-through region. Optionally, a bodily fluid pass-through region has a reduced amount of liquid leaching material relative to than the capture region.

Claims (19)

1. A filter device comprising:

a bodily fluid separation material comprising a first capture region formed of a first material and having an anti-hemolytic surface coating not comprising the first material;

a second capture region formed of the first material and without the anti-hemolytic surface coating not comprising the first material;

a bodily fluid pass-through region formed of the first material and comprising pass-through openings sized so that formed components of the bodily fluid do not enter the bodily fluid pass-through region.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein at least a portion of the separation material comprises an asymmetric polyethersulfone.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein at least a portion of the separation material comprises polyarylethersulfone.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein at least a portion of the separation material comprises an asymmetric polyarylethersulfone.

5. The device of claim 1 wherein at least a portion of the separation material comprises a polysulfone.

6. The device of claim 1 wherein the separation material comprises an asymmetric polysulfone.

7. The device of claim 1 wherein the anti-hemolytic surface coating comprises single and/or double alkyl chain N-oxides of tertiary amines (NTA).

8. The device of claim 1 wherein the first capture region defines a first filter region of the separation material having an anti-hemolytic coating and pore spacing sized to constrain formed blood components therein;

wherein the bodily fluid pass-through region defines a second filter region of the separation material having pore spacing smaller than pore spacing of the first filter region with pores sized so that formed components do not enter the second filter region and configured to have an amount of anti-hemolytic coating less than that of the first region.

9. The device of claim 8 wherein the separation material comprises at least two separate separation materials.

10. The device of claim 8 further comprising at least another region of the separation material between the first region and the second region.

11. The device of claim 8 where the first region is in fluid communication with the second region.

12. The device of claim 8 wherein the first region is spaced apart from the second region.

13. The device of claim 1 wherein the first capture region, second capture region, and the bodily fluid pass-through region comprise a percolating network.

14. The device of claim 1 wherein the separation material has a flat, planar shape.

15. A kit comprising the device of claim 1 wherein at least a portion of the separation material comprises a polyethersulfone.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 15, 2020
From: THERANOS IP COMPANY, LLC
To: LABRADOR DIAGNOSTICS LLC
Reel/Frame 052410/0432 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2020
From: ANEKAL, SAMARTHA; SLOAN, DEBORAH
To: THERANOS, INC.
Reel/Frame 052001/0198 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2020
From: THERANOS, INC.
To: THERANOS IP COMPANY, LLC
Reel/Frame 052081/0302 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 15714648 · Sep 25, 2017
Continuation 14214772 · Mar 15, 2014
Provisional Application 61799221 · Mar 15, 2013
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