ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,421, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Sorin Group Italia S.r.l. (Milan).
"Integrated autotransfusion bowl and fluid line organizer" was invented by Andrea Galavotti (Mirandola, Italy), Elisa Maculan (San Felice Sul Panaro, Italy), Giampaolo Simonini (Reggio nell'Emilia, Italy) and Ivo Panzani (Mirandola, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autotransfusion system for separating fluid constituents includes a centrifuge housing and a rotatable driving member mounted within the centrifuge housing. The rotatable driving member is configured to receive therein and rotationally engage any one of a plurality of centrifuge bowls with diff...