ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,476, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to MOZARC MEDICAL US LLC (Minneapolis).
"Arterial air capture chamber" was invented by Zhigang Li (Shanghai), Mark Daniels (Lino Lakes, Minn.), Thomas E. Meyer (Stillwater, Minn.) and Huande Liu (Hangzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arterial air capture chamber (101) is used in dialysis. The arterial air capture chamber (101) includes an upwardly extending fluid inlet (102) terminating in a fluid inlet port (105) positioned at about a 90deg turn relative to a fluid flow of a fluid inlet tube (107). The arterial air capture chamber (101) includes a draw tube (104) with an opposedly pos...