B04B 2013/006
Interface detection or monitoring of separated components
Official title: {Interface detection or monitoring of separated components}
B04B2013/006 (Interface detection or monitoring of separated components) appears on 159 US grants and 195 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B04B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Latest grant
- 1 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Interface detection and control using a photodetector array1 Sep 2026US 12,722,163 B2Fenwal, Inc.
- Systems and methods for fluid separation interface control using color-based optical measurements5 May 2026US 12,616,981 B2Fenwal, Inc.
- Centrifugal separation system and method with flow control to a heavy phase receiving container17 Mar 2026US 12,576,410 B2Alfa Laval Corporate AB
- Centrifugal separation apparatus and centrifugal separation method17 Feb 2026US 12,551,904 B2Aoi Seiki Co., Ltd.
- Method for manufacturing a patient specific cell population using a multifunctional self-contained apparatus and tubing set16 Dec 2025US 12,498,374 B2Miltenyi Biotec GmbH
- Systems and methods for fluid separation interface control using color-based optical measurements10 Sep 2026US 2026/0264094 A1Fenwal, Inc.
- Systems and methods for non-contact measurement for centrifuge solids discharge6 Aug 2026US 2026/0226805 A1Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Separating apparatus for separating a suspension11 Jun 2026US 2026/0158501 A1GEA Westfalia Separator Group GmbH
- An analysis apparatus and method30 Apr 2026US 2026/0118245 A1
- Centrifugal separation system, rotating body, and centrifugal separator16 Apr 2026US 2026/0102778 A1Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
Most cited
By later US patents
- System and methods for harvesting mononuclear cells by recirculation of packed red blood cells128US 5,980,760 ABaxter International Inc. · 1999
- Centrifugal plasmapheresis device87US 4,531,932 ADideco S.p.A. · 1985
- Chamber for use in a rotating field to separate blood components87US 5,656,163 ABaxter International Inc. · 1997
- Interface detection and control systems and method83US 5,980,757 ABaxter International Inc. · 1999
- Sample processing system and methods67US 8,727,132 B2Miltenyi Biotec GmbH · 2014