US Patent Issued to FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND on Jan. 20 for "Hollow fiber membrane for separating blood plasma from blood" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,055, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH (Bad Homburg, Germany).

"Hollow fiber membrane for separating blood plasma from blood" was invented by Dietmar Hansel (Bad Homburg, Germany) and Michael Paul (Bad Homburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hollow fiber membrane for separating blood plasma from blood, comprising a blood contact layer and a support layer each comprising a hydrophobic polymer, a hydrophilic polymer and vitamin E, and a method for producing said hollow fiber membrane to provide a hollow fiber membrane is described. The hollow fiber membrane is characterized by a reduce...