ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,024, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Sorin Group Italia S.r.l. (Milan).
"Dual chamber blood reservoir" was invented by Claudio Silvestri (Quarantoli Mirandola, Italy) and Gabriele Tommasi (Cavezzo, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blood reservoir may be used in combination with other elements such as a heart lung machine (HLM), oxygenator, heat exchanger, arterial filter and the like to form an extracorporeal blood circuit that may be employed in a procedure such as a bypass procedure. The blood reservoir may be configured to receive, filter and store blood from a number of sources including vent blood (from within the hea...