US Patent Issued to Baxter International, Baxter Healthcare on Feb. 10 for "Peritoneal dialysis system using incompressible fluid" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,493, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Baxter International Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.) and Baxter Healthcare SA (Glattpark, Switzerland).

"Peritoneal dialysis system using incompressible fluid" was invented by John Zafiris (Hawthorn Woods, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A peritoneal dialysis system includes a cycler having a pumping actuator configured to move an incompressible fluid, a positive pressure actuator, and a control unit; and a disposable set including a chamber including an opening, and at least one plate (e.g., rigid plate) located within the chamber, wherein the control unit is programmed to cause (i) the pumping act...