ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,021, issued on June 9, was assigned to GAMBRO LUNDIA AB (Lund, Sweden).

"Apparatus for extracorporeal treatment of blood including calculation of pre-blood pump infusion flow rate" was invented by Dominique Pouchoulin (Tramoyes, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for extracorporeal treatment of fluid and a process of setting up a medical apparatus for the delivery or collection of fluids are disclosed. According to the apparatus and the process, a control unit (10) is configured calculate set values of two or more of the fluid flow rates based on a fluid flow rate set by the operator and on a prescribed dose value (Dse...