ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,213, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. (Deerfield, Ill.) and BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA (Glattpark, Switzerland).

"Air-powered peritoneal dialysis system with inflatable bladders" was invented by Narendar Venkatachalapathy (Karnataka, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A peritoneal dialysis system includes a cycler having one or more air pump; a slotted housing including a plurality of slots each having a first side and a second side, wherein each respective slot of the plurality of slots includes a first expandable bladder fixed to the first side, and wherein each respective slot of the plurality of slots is con...