ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,010, issued on May 12, was assigned to UNIWERSYTET SLASKI (Katowice, Poland) and SLASKI UNIWERSYTET MEDYCZNY (Katowice, Poland).

"Blood oxygenator with an organic membrane" was invented by Andrzej Swinarew (Myslowice, Poland), Hubert Okla (Sosnowiec, Poland), Jadwiga Gabor (Chorzow, Poland), Mateusz Przyblya (Swietochlowice, Poland), Ewa Trejnowska (Opole, Poland), Szymon Skoczynski (Ruda Slaska, Poland), Grzegorz Brozek (Katowice, Poland), Agnieszka Skoczynska (Ruda Slaska, Poland), Piotr Knapik (Katowice, Poland), Michal Zembala (Zbroslawice, Poland), Tomasz Darocha (Dabrowa Gornicza, Poland), Konrad Mendrala (Katowice, Poland), Katarzyna Mizia Stec (Katowice, Poland) and Arkadiu...