US Patent Issued to University of Washington on April 1 for "System and method for removing uremic toxins from a patient's body" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,193, issued on April 1, was assigned to University of Washington (Seattle).

"System and method for removing uremic toxins from a patient's body" was invented by Paul Yager (Seattle), Jonathan Himmelfarb (Seattle), Mari-Karoliina Henriikka Winkler (Seattle), Erin Heiniger (Seattle), Sujatha Kumar (Seattle), David Stahl (Seattle) and Bruce Godfrey (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions and method for reducing the concentration of uremic toxins in the body of a patient suffering from some degree of kidney failure are disclosed. The methods can be used to delay the need for conventional dialysis treatment or as an adjunct t...