ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,734, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Gambro Lundia AB (Lund, Sweden).
"Apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment" was invented by Paolo Rovatti (Finale Emilia, Italy) and Alessandro Surace (Carpi, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control unit of an apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment is configured to perform a control procedure comprising: calculating parameter control values to be set during a time interval after the instant in which the control is made, on the basis of actual values and of prescription values of variation in blood volume, ultrafiltration flow rate, concentration of sodium and/or potassium and h...