Patents by Inventor Anna Fischbach

Anna Fischbach has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240131244
    Abstract: An apparatus for removing CO from blood, the apparatus including: a housing configured to house blood obtained from a body of a subject within an interior of the housing; a plurality of gas-permeable tubules disposed within the interior of the housing; an optical intrusion coupled to the housing and configured to project into the housing, the optical intrusion configured to transmit light into the interior of the housing; and a light source optically coupled to the optical intrusion, the light source being configured to emit light which is coupled via the optical intrusion into the interior of the housing such that the emitted light interacts with the blood from the body of the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Richard Rox Anderson, Warren Zapol, Anna Fischbach, William A Farinelli, Sandeep Korupolu
  • Publication number: 20210128813
    Abstract: Systems and methods for removing carbon monoxide from whole blood are provided. In one configuration, an extracorporeal phototherapy system includes an oxygenator and a light source configured to output light and arranged to emit the light output by the light source onto at least one surface of the oxygenator. The oxygenator includes a plurality of membrane layers each having a plurality of microporous hollow fiber membranes. The plurality of microporous hollow fiber membranes each include an external surface and an internal channel. Each of the plurality of membrane layers may be rotationally offset with respect to an adjacent layer. The oxygenator further includes a gas inlet port in fluid communication with a first end of the internal channels, a gas outlet port in fluid communication a second end of the internal channels, a blood inlet port, and a blood outlet port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Warren M. Zapol, Richard Rox Anderson, Luca Zazzeron, Walfre Franco, William A. Farinelli, Anna Fischbach