US Patent Issued to Northwestern University on Sept. 2 for "Metal-organic frameworks for the removal of uremic toxins" (American, Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,412, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.).

"Metal-organic frameworks for the removal of uremic toxins" was invented by Omar K. Farha (Glenview, Ill.) and Satoshi Kato (Fuji Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Metal-organic framework molecules with pyrene group-containing or biphenyl group-containing linkers for use in the removal of uremic toxins from biological samples that contain such toxins are provided. Also provided are methods for using the MOFs to remove uremic toxins from biological samples. The methods include hemodialysis of blood samples from patients suffering from a urem...