US Patent Issued to Terumo Cardiovascular Systems on March 24 for "Extracorporeal oxygenator with integrated air removal system" (Pennsylvania, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,756, issued on March 24, was assigned to Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corp. (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Extracorporeal oxygenator with integrated air removal system" was invented by Stephen Koellhoffer (Lincoln University, Pa.) and Eisuke Sasaki (Bear, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Extracorporeal blood flow circuit devices can be used during medical procedures such as on-pump open-heart surgery. For example, extracorporeal heat exchange and oxygenation devices can be used to facilitate surgical procedures such as coronary artery bypass grafting. In some embodiments, such an oxygenation device can include an integrated air removal st...