US Patent Issued to The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia on Aug. 25 for "Extracorporeal life support system and methods of use thereof" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,623, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia).

"Extracorporeal life support system and methods of use thereof" was invented by Alan Flake (Philadelphia), Emily Partridge (Philadelphia) and Marcus Davey (Ardmore, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation systems and methods of use are disclosed. Several publications and patent documents are cited throughout the specification in order to describe the state of the art to which this invention pertains. Full citations of these references can be found throughout the specification. Each of these citations is incor...