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Benjamin E. Kusters — 57 Patents

FEFenwal: 52 patents #3 of 239Top 2%
Pleasant Prairie, WI: #1 of 140 inventorsTop 1%
Wisconsin: #276 of 40,088 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #42,642 of 4,157,543Top 2%
57 Patents All Time
Benjamin E. Kusters has been granted 57 US patents while listed as an inventor at Fenwal. The first was granted in 2013 and the most recent in December 2025. Benjamin E. Kusters ranks #42,642 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.0%). Patent records list Benjamin E. Kusters in Pleasant Prairie, WI, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2013 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 8 patents in 2022.peak 82013: 1 patents20132014: 1 patents2015: 3 patents20152016: 5 patents2017: 5 patents20172018: 4 patents2019: 3 patents20192020: 2 patents2021: 7 patents20212022: 8 patents2023: 6 patents20232024: 5 patents2025: 7 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 26–50 of 57 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
11291953 System and method for controlling outlet flow of a device for separating cellular suspensions Richard I. Brown, Kyungyoon Min 2022-04-05
11137344 Optical mixing of fluids Kyungyoon Min 2021-10-05
11052184 Membrane separation devices, systems and methods employing same, and data management systems and methods Kyungyoon Min, Christopher J. Wegener 2021-07-06
10919235 Apparatus and method for mechanically opening a connection site Kyungyoon Min 2021-02-16
10918780 System and method of controlling membrane fluid flow using fluid output 2021-02-16
10905819 Systems and methods for automated recovery of white blood cells after producing a leuko-reduced blood product Christopher J. Wegener 2021-02-02
10893829 Optical detection and measurement of hematocrit and free hemoglobin concentration Kyungyoon Min 2021-01-19
10890524 Discerning between the presence of red blood cells and free hemoglobin in a biological fluid 2021-01-12
10772916 Systems and methods for deriving and collecting platelet products Kyungyoon Min, Richard I. Brown 2020-09-15
10682611 System and method for controlling outlet flow of a device for separating cellular suspensions Richard I. Brown, Kyungyoon Min 2020-06-16
10307582 Fluid flow conduits and apparatus and methods for making and joining fluid conduits Christopher J. Wegener, Kyungyoon Min, Mark J. Brierton, James Madsen, William H. Cork 2019-06-04
10300189 Whole blood separation system Kyungyoon Min, Christopher J. Wegener, Daniel R. Boggs 2019-05-28
10207042 Membrane separation devices, systems and methods employing same, and data management systems and methods Kyungyoon Min, Christopher J. Wegener 2019-02-19
10143829 Apparatus and method for opening and/or evaluating connection site Kyungyoon Min 2018-12-04
10130751 Membrane separation and washing devices, systems and methods employing same, and data management systems and methods Katherine N. Radwanski 2018-11-20
10046278 Method for controlling fouling during a spinning membrane filtration procedure Kyungyoon Min 2018-08-14
9895482 Membrane separation devices, systems and methods employing same, and data management systems and methods Christopher J. Wegener, Kyungyoon Min 2018-02-20
9770545 Methods for collection of red blood cells Kyungyoon Min, Christopher J. Wegener, William H. Cork 2017-09-26
9717838 Method and system for collecting leukoreduced red blood cells Christopher J. Wegener, Kyungyoon Min 2017-08-01
9656013 Membrane separation devices, systems and methods employing same, and data management systems and methods Christopher J. Wegener, Daniel R. Boggs, Kyungyoon Min 2017-05-23
9603986 Device and method for processing and producing autologous platelet-rich plasma Christopher J. Wegener, Kyungyoon Min 2017-03-28
9533135 Method for forming, opening and/or evaluating a connection site Kyungyoon Min 2017-01-03
9440396 Sterile connection device for making multiple connections Kyungyoon Min 2016-09-13
9388383 Method for collecting red blood cells Kyungyoon Min, Christopher J. Wegener, William H. Cork 2016-07-12
9381291 Membrane separation devices, systems and methods employing same and data management systems and methods Daniel R. Boggs, Mark J. Brierton, Kyungyoon Min, Christopher J. Wegener 2016-07-05