ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,726, issued on April 29, was assigned to FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH (Bad Homburg, Germany) and UNICYTE EV AG (Oberdorf Nidwalden, Switzerland).

"Use of a filter module for filtering a biotechnical liquid and filter module for the filtration of a biotechnical liquid" was invented by Alexander Heide (Eppstein, Germany) and Dejan Nikolic (Bad Soden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter module provides biotechnological filtration possibilities lessening the danger of contamination while achieving an optimum flow profile. The filter module 100 includes filter housing 110, a filter with a bundle of hollow fibres 114 ...