ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,375, issued on March 25, was assigned to Gambro Lundia AB (Lund, Sweden).
"Apparatus for extracorporeal treatment of blood" was invented by Dominique Pouchoulin (Tramoyes, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for extracorporeal treatment of blood (1) comprising a filtration unit (2), a blood withdrawal line (6), a blood return line (7), an effluent fluid line (13), a pre and/or post-dilution fluid line (15, 25) connected to the blood withdrawal line, and a dialysis fluid line. Pumps (17, 18, 21, 22, 27) act on the fluid lines for regulating the flow of fluid. A control unit (10) is configured to periodically calculate ...