ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,736, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to DEKA Products LP (Manchester, N.H.).

"Medical treatment system and methods using a plurality of fluid lines" was invented by Jacob W. Scarpaci (Manchester, N.H.), James D. Dale (Milton, Fla.), Jason M. Overson (Manchester, N.H.), Simon C. Helmore (San Francisco), Eric J. VanWyk (Austin, Texas) and Matthew J. Finch (Somerville, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical treatment system, such as peritoneal dialysis system, may include control and other features to enhance patient comfort and ease of use. For example, a peritoneal dialysis system may include patient line state detector for de...