US Patent Issued to Kaunas University of Technology on April 21 for "Method and apparatus for human brain neuroprotection during surgery" (Lithuanian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,085, issued on April 21, was assigned to Kaunas University of Technology (Kaunas, Lithuania).

"Method and apparatus for human brain neuroprotection during surgery" was invented by Arminas Ragauskas (Kaunas, Lithuania), Vytautas Petkus (Kaunas, Lithuania) and Edvinas Chaleckas (Kaunas, Lithuania).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed generally to a method and apparatus for human brain neuroprotection during surgery. The invention includes use of a heart-lung machine to generate periodic rectangular pulsation of blood flow. The invention uses a non-invasive CA monitor to continuously record transient function...