US Patent Issued to Sorin Group Italia on April 22 for "Systems and methods for removing gaseous micro emboli from blood" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,323, issued on April 22, was assigned to Sorin Group Italia S.r.l. (Milan).

"Systems and methods for removing gaseous micro emboli from blood" was invented by Andrea Zaniboni (San Martino Spino, Italy), Stefano Spro (Calimera, Italy) and Claudio Silvestri (Quarantoli Mirandola, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for removing gaseous micro emboli from blood prior to oxygenation. The system including a module having a blood inlet, a blood outlet, and a port configured to provide atmospheric or sub-atmospheric pressures, and microporous hollow fibers situated in the module and fluidly coupled to the port to provide the atmosph...