US Patent Issued to Michigan Critical Care Consultants on July 29 for "Devices and methods for extracorporeal conditioning of blood" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,297, issued on July 29, was assigned to Michigan Critical Care Consultants Inc. (Dexter, Mich.).

"Devices and methods for extracorporeal conditioning of blood" was invented by Christopher J Plott (Dexter, Mich.) and Robert L Beane III (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to devices and methods for extracorporeal conditioning of blood. Extracorporeal blood oxygenators and blood oxygenator components, such as conditioning modules, are described. An extracorporeal blood oxygenator includes a conditioning module having an external frame, an inlet cover, an outlet cover, and an internal chamber. A fiber ...