ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,237, issued on July 29, was assigned to ECMO PRN LLC (San Francisco).
"Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation simulator" was invented by Timothy Chan (San Francisco) and Jason Kiyoshi Chan (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exemplary embodiments include systems and methods for simulating a medical procedure. The simulator may approximate a portion of the body including the vasculature for providing simulation of accessing the vasculature in the medical procedure. The simulator may therefore include any combination of pump(s), conduit(s), reservoir(s), valve(s), body material, coverings, etc."
The patent was filed on March 22...