The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
May. 26, 2017
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Joseph L. Charest, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Christopher M. DiBiasio, Stoughton, MA (US);
Violet G. Finley, Medford, MA (US);
Jose A. Santos, Westwood, MA (US);
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes a device and method to clear solutes from a patient's blood while maintaining fluid balance. In some implementations, the device and method is used to assist the filtration functions of a patient's liver or kidney. The device includes a plurality of hollow fibers that pass through a sequence of alternating filtration chambers and infusion chambers. The filtration chambers filter the patient's blood while the infusion chambers rehydrate the filtered blood.