ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,519, issued on June 3, was assigned to Terumo K.K. (Tokyo).
"Oxygenator with pressure relief and sampling" was invented by Takashi Saito (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cover member (36) that forms an end of a housing (26) of an oxygenator (10) has a recessed wall portion (88) recessed relative to a cover main body (74) further toward a side of a gas exchange unit (30) than an inner surface (74a). A pressure control hole (86) is formed through a main body (74) of the cover member (36), and a sampling port (90a) is disposed in the second recessed wall portion (88) to collect gas guided out from the gas exchange unit (...