US Patent Issued to CHINABRIDGE (SHENZHEN) MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY on Sept. 16 for "Flow distribution structure for a blood processing unit" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,022, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to CHINABRIDGE (SHENZHEN) MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Flow distribution structure for a blood processing unit" was invented by Yijiang Li (Shenzhen, China) and Weiyun Wang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blood processing unit for use in connection with extracorporeal blood circulation includes a housing including a blood inlet, an upper end cap defining a central inlet opening, and a blood outlet. Blood flows along a blood flow path between the blood inlet and the blood outlet. A plurality of layers of hollow fibers are disposed inside the housing and along ...