ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,441, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Allmed Dialysis Technologies GmbH (Pulsnitz, Germany).
"Device and method for sterilizing and drying medical filters" was invented by Stefan Droeschel (Wadern, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for sterilizing and drying filters, in particular medical filters such as dialyzers, includes a pressure chamber with at least one inlet and one outlet and a holder for at least one filter, as well as a method that sterilizes and dries filters. The pressure chamber is divided into a first chamber and a second chamber, wherein the filter is insertable into the holder such that the inlet port...