ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,198, issued on March 17, was assigned to Lazarus Technologies LLC (Nolensville, Tenn.).
"Trauma patient hemorrhage control including rapid autotransfusion" was invented by Tom Bozzay (Little Rock, Ark.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for onsite hemorrhage control in trauma patients using a portable rapid autotransfusion device can involve recovering a first portion of patient blood from an extravascular space into a fluid reservoir of the device. A negative internal pressure can be applied to the blood. The blood can be conditioned, such as by oxygenating and removing carbon dioxide. The conditioned blood can be returned to ...