US Patent Issued to Gambro Lundia on May 12 for "Apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,008, issued on May 12, was assigned to Gambro Lundia AB (Lund, Sweden).

"Apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment" was invented by Mauro Suffritti (Medolla, Italy), Stefano Ganzerli (Medolla, Italy), Fabrizio Molducci (San Felice sul Panaro, Italy), Paola Crivellari (Casumaro, Italy), Alfonso Vollono (Medolla, Italy), Marisa Torrini (San Felice sul Panaro, Italy), Sonja Bellini (San Felice sul Panaro, Italy) and Mauro Gusella (Castelvetro di Modena, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment comprising a filtration unit, a blood circuit comprising a blood withdrawal line and a blood return...