US Patent Issued to BAXTER INTERNATIONAL, BAXTER HEALTHCARE on April 7 for "Weight-based peritoneal dialysis system including a drain trolley" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,369, issued on April 7, was assigned to BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. (Deerfield, Ill.) and BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA (Glattpark, Switzerland).

"Weight-based peritoneal dialysis system including a drain trolley" was invented by Olof Jansson (Vellinge, Sweden) and Roger Nilsson (Hoor, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dialysis system and dialysis machine or cycler are provided that decrease a disposable set's cost and complexity. The dialysis machine or cycler includes a weigh scale on which multiple fluid supply containers containing dialysis fluid, and a drain trolley, are positioned. The fluid supply containers may be elevated relativ...