US Patent Issued to Delcath Systems on July 22 for "Apparatus for removing chemotherapy compounds from blood" (Massachusetts, New York, West Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,797, issued on July 22, was assigned to Delcath Systems Inc. (Queensbury, N.Y.).

"Apparatus for removing chemotherapy compounds from blood" was invented by Daniel S. Johnston (Martinsburg, W.va.), Jacques Chammas (Walpole, Mass.), William M. Appling (Granville, N.Y.) and Samantha J. Barton (Hudson Falls, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter apparatus for removing small molecule chemotherapy agents from blood is provided. The filter apparatus comprises a housing with an extraction media comprised of polymer coated carbon cores. Also provided are methods of treating a subject with cancer of an organ or region comprising adminis...