US Patent Issued to Gambro Lundia on Nov. 25 for "Emptying a blood circuit after extracorporeal blood treatment" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,719, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Gambro Lundia AB (Lund, Sweden).

"Emptying a blood circuit after extracorporeal blood treatment" was invented by Karl Henrik Forsland (Genarp, Sweden) and Gunilla Andersson (Harlosa, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blood treatment apparatus (1) defines first and second flow circuits (C1, C2) separated by a dialyzer (20). The second flow circuit (C2) comprises return and withdrawal lines (24', 24") for connection to a vascular system of a subject during a treatment session. After the treatment session, a control system causes an operator to connect the second flow circuit (C2) to a first...