ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,090, issued on June 24, 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: "An oxygenator has a plurality of porous hollow fiber membranes comprising polypropylene for gas exchange, wherein each hollow fiber membrane has an inner surface that forms a lumen and an outer surface. The oxygenator is manufactured using a method which involves preparing a coating solution containing at least one compound selected from the group consisting of dopamine, salt of dopamine, and oligomer of dopamine; and bringing...