US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO, FONDAZION IRCCS "CA' GRANDA-OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO on Dec. 23 for "Regional decoagulation system for extracorporeal blood-circulation circuit" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,472, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to UNIVERSITA' DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO (Italy) and FONDAZION IRCCS "CA' GRANDA-OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO (Italy).

"Regional decoagulation system for extracorporeal blood-circulation circuit" was invented by Antonio Maria Pesenti (Milan) and Alberto Zanella (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is described for the regional decoagulation of the blood in an extracorporeal circulation circuit comprising means for infusion of a solution of a citrate or citric acid on the main circuit, which are set upstream of the first filtration unit; means for infusion of a solution for electrolyte resto...