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COBE LAB

Overview
  • Total Patents
    638
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COBE LAB has a total of 638 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1965. It filed its patents most often in United States, Canada and Japan. Its main competitors in its focus markets medical technology, machines and chemical engineering are MEDTRONIC ELECTROMEDICS INC, COBE CARDIOVASCULAR INC and FENWAL INC.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing COBE LABs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Hlavinka Dennis 33
#2 Langley Robert W 32
#3 Brugger James M 26
#4 Shouldice David R 17
#5 Shouldice David Robert 17
#6 Antwiler Glen Delbert 17
#7 Gordon Timothy M 17
#8 Boucher Terry Dean 16
#9 Hlavinka Dennis J 15
#10 Ogawa Francis T 15

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
WO9958094A2 Apparatus and method for blood component sampling
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US6153113A Method for using ligands in particle separation
AU1945199A Controlled concentration cardioplegia solution administration
WO9933514A1 Plunger assembly for measuring occlusion pressure on a flexible tube
EP0941132A2 Extracorporeal blood processing system
WO9913927A2 Apparatus for conducting the flow of multiple fluids
US6051146A Methods for separation of particles
US5922162A Gas-permeable pathogen-resistant labyrinthine seal and method for making labyrinthine seal
CA2241246A1 Red blood cell spillover detection technique
WO9818509A1 A method and apparatus for improving device platelet compatibility
US5900270A Technique for testing and coating a microporous membrane
US6022306A Method and apparatus for collecting hyperconcentrated platelets
US5919125A Centrifuge bowl for autologous blood salvage
US5904645A Apparatus for reducing turbulence in fluid flow
AU3005797A Method and apparatus for reducing turbulence in fluid flow
US6053856A Tubing set apparatus and method for separation of fluid components
US5906589A Method and apparatus for occlusion monitoring using pressure waveform analysis
AU1159297A Method for controlling surface concentration of a polymer additive
US5734464A Red blood cell spillover detection technique