ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,089, issued on June 24, was assigned to CardiacAssist Inc..
"Oxygenator with stacked fiber membrane" was invented by William Gesler (New Hudson, Mich.), Michael J. Linehan (Pittsburgh) and Robert G. Svitek (Freeport, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blood oxygenator includes a housing having a first end opposite a second end with a sidewall extending between the first end and the second end along a longitudinal axis. The housing defines an interior chamber having a liquid inlet at the first end and a liquid outlet at the second end. The oxygenator further includes a gas exchange assembly positioned within the interior chamber. Th...