US Patent Issued to Sorin Group Italia on March 24 for "Blood conditioning assembly for use with an extracorporeal life support system" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,813, issued on March 24, was assigned to Sorin Group Italia S.r.l. (Milan).

"Blood conditioning assembly for use with an extracorporeal life support system" was invented by Andrea Zaniboni (San Martino Spino, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blood conditioning assembly for use with an extracorporeal life support system may include an oxygenator including a housing and a gas exchanger disposed within the housing, and an axial pump extending from the housing and configured to drive fluid flow through the oxygenator. The axial pump may be integrally formed with the housing of the oxygenator. The blood conditioning assembly may be...