US Patent Issued to Baxter International, Baxter Healthcare on April 21 for "Manifold assembly for a peritoneal dialysis apparatus and peritoneal dialysis apparatus comprising said manifold assembly" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,492, issued on April 21, was assigned to Baxter International Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.) and Baxter Healthcare SA (Glattpark, Switzerland).

"Manifold assembly for a peritoneal dialysis apparatus and peritoneal dialysis apparatus comprising said manifold assembly" was invented by Marcello Malagoli (Modena, Italy), Mauro Suffritti (Modena, Italy) and Andrea Casali (Modena, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manifold assembly for a peritoneal dialysis apparatus, comprises: a casing delimiting internally a first compartment and a second compartment; a yielding pump tube having a first end connected or connectable to the first compartmen...