US Patent Issued to Duke University on March 17 for "Methods for controlling extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) coagulation" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,568, issued on March 17, was assigned to Duke University (Durham, N.C.).

"Methods for controlling extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) coagulation" was invented by Bruce Sullenger (Durham, N.C.), Elisabeth Tracy (Durham, N.C.) and Christopher Reed (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application provides for a method for controlling coagulation in a subject in need of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. The method comprises administering an effective amount of an anticoagulant agent that directly inhibits one or more steps in a coagulation pathway to the subject, wherein the effective amount of the anticoa...