US Patent Issued to UOP on Oct. 27 for "Process for removing ions from bodily fluids using small molecule metal chelators and metallate ion exchange compositions" (Illinois, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,486, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to UOP LLC (Rosemont, Ill.).

"Process for removing ions from bodily fluids using small molecule metal chelators and metallate ion exchange compositions" was invented by Francis Stephen Lupton (Evanston, Ill.), Gregory J. Lewis (Santa Cruz, Calif.), James M. Hodges (Evanston, Ill.), Paulina Jakubczak (Elk Grove Village, Ill.), Mimoza Sylejmani-Rekaliu (Bensenville, Ill.) and William Sheets (Glenview, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for removing Pb2+, Hg2+ and other heavy metal toxins from bodily fluids is disclosed. The process involves treating a patient with a small molecule heavy m...