ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,235, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to GAMBRO LUNDIA AB (Lund, Sweden).
"Hollow fiber membrane transport cartridge" was invented by Christof Beck (Bitz, Germany), Rainer Blickle (Bitz, Germany), Stefan Ermantraut (Balingen, Germany), Bernd Hertzler (Balingen, Germany) and Steffen Wagner (Messstetten, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a cartridge for a plurality of dry hollow fiber membranes having a large inner diameter. The cartridge fastens the capillaries in their position and protects them from damage. The present disclosure also relates to an apparatus and a process for cutting a plurali...