ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,444, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Global Life Sciences Solutions USA LLC (Marlborough, Mass.).
"Biocompatible polymeric filtration membrane with pores defined by uniform passages" was invented by Ralph Stankowski (Westborough, Mass.), Douglas Albagli (Clifton Park, N.Y.) and William A. Hennessy (Schenectady, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biocompatible polymeric membrane includes pores defined between two material layers, where the first membrane material layer includes strips, and the second membrane material binds to each of the plurality of first membrane material layer strips includes a plurality of windows exposing ...