ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,222, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Fresenius Hemocare Italia S.R.L. (Mirandola, Italy).
"Filter assembly and container for collecting a body fluid containing the same" was invented by Paolo Verri (Carpi, Italy), Matteo Boselli (San Felice sul Panaro, Italy) and Laura Zambianchi (Reggio Emilia, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a filter assembly for filtering a body fluid comprising a filter holder and a filter system downstream of the filter holder; wherein the filter system and the filter holder are in contact with each other, wherein the filter system comprises a cuboid frame structure wit...