US Patent Issued on May 26 for "System and method for reducing gaseous microemboli using venous blood bypass with filter" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,418, issued on May 26.

"System and method for reducing gaseous microemboli using venous blood bypass with filter" was invented by Keith Gipson (Wallingford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for reducing gas bubbles, including gaseous microemboli (GME) during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) by the use of an oxygenator with venous blood bypass and a filter in the venous blood bypass is provided."

The patent was filed on Sept. 20, 2022, under Application No. 17/948,691.

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