Following a decision by the US Patent and Trademark Office, the invention \u2018Blood Oxygenator with an Organic Membrane\u2019\u2014a device for oxygenating blood using a membrane made of organic material\u2014has been granted patent protection in the United States. The patent is a joint one, granted to the University of Silesia and the Medical University of Silesia.<\/strong><\/p>\n The authors of the invention are: Andrzej Swinarew, PhD, DSc, Assoc. Prof., Jadwiga Gabor, MSc, and Hubert Ok\u0142a, PhD from the University of Silesia, Szymon Skoczy\u0144ski, PhD, DSc, Assoc. Prof. of the Medical University of Silesia, and Ewa Trejnowska, PhD, DSc, Mateusz Przyby\u0142a, Prof. Grzegorz Bro\u017cek, MD, PhD, DHSc, Agnieszka Skoczy\u0144ska, Prof. Piotr Knapik, MD, PhD, Micha\u0142 Zembala, Prof. Tomasz Darocha, MD, PhD, Konrad Mendrala, DPharm, MD, and Prof. Katarzyna Mizia-Stec, MD, PhD, from the Medical University of Silesia, as well as Arkadiusz Stanula, PhD, DSc, Assoc. Prof., of the Academy of Physical Education in Katowice.<\/p>\n The invention has been filed for protection under the international Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) procedure overseen by the World Intellectual Property Organisation, with designation for protection in the USA.<\/p>\n This is the first patent in the history of the University of Silesia to be granted in the USA and one of the few protected outside Poland.<\/p>\n
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