ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,556, issued on March 25, was assigned to GAMBRO LUNDIA AB (Lund, Sweden).
"Fiber bundle handover" was invented by Steffen Wagner (Messtetten, Germany), Marco Soell (Hechingen, Germany) and Ralf Hautmann (Bisingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a process and a device for winding a strand of hollow fiber membranes."
The patent was filed on Dec. 21, 2020, under Application No. 17/779,691.
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