ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,608, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to GAMBRO LUNDIA AB (Lund, Sweden).
"Extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus and method for monitoring pressures in an extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus" was invented by Dominique Pouchoulin (Tramoyes, France) and David Karlsson (Lund, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus, comprises: at least a pressure sensor (24, 25) located in a respective measurement site on an extracorporeal blood circuit (6, 7); an electronic control unit (23) operatively connected at least to the pressure sensor (24, 25). The electronic control unit (23) is configured to ...