ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,718, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to TERUMO K.K. (Tokyo).
"Method for manufacturing oxygenator" was invented by Renjo Takama (Kanagawa, Japan) and Takeshi Sato (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coating layer containing a silicone compound is formed on an inner surface of a hollow fiber membrane for manufacturing an oxygenator having a plurality of porous hollow fiber membranes for gas exchange. The method includes dissolving a silicone compound in an organic solvent having a surface tension of less than 70 dyn/cm to prepare a coating solution; and bringing an inner surface of the hollow fiber membranes into contact...