US Patent Issued to Politecnico Di Tornio, Universita Degli Studi Firenze, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Di Careggi, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Meyer Irccs on Sept. 22 for "Method of acquiring liquid biological samples from an extracorporeal circuit for an extracorporeal blood purification treatment and related apparatus and system" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,707, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Politecnico Di Tornio (Turin, Italy), Universita Degli Studi Firenze (Florence, Italy), Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Di Careggi (Florence, Italy) and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Meyer Irccs (Florence, Italy).

"Method of acquiring liquid biological samples from an extracorporeal circuit for an extracorporeal blood purification treatment and related apparatus and system" was invented by Valentina Cauda (Moncalieri, Italy), Andrea Ancona (Turin, Italy), Gianluca Villa (Vaglia, Italy), Stefano Romagnoli (Florence, Italy) and Zaccaria Ricci (Rome).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method ...