ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,188, issued on April 22, was assigned to Gambro Lundia AB (Lund, Sweden).
"Apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment" was invented by Anders Nilsson (Sodra Sandby, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus is provided comprising a filtration unit connected to a blood circuit and to a dialysate circuit, a preparation device for preparing and regulating the composition of the dialysis fluid; a control unit is configured for receiving a desired sodium mass transport at the end of the treatment session and for setting the sodium concentration value for the dialysis fluid in the dialysis supply li...