ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,231, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH (Bad Homburg, Germany).

"Dialysis machine" was invented by Peter Kloffel (Nudlingen, Germany), Tilman Stablein (Wurzburg, Germany), Andreas Syfonios (Bergreinfeld, Germany), Dirk Hummer (Hirschfeld, Germany), Tobias Irrgang (Aubstadt, Germany) and Benedict Glaser (Schweinfurt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a dialysis machine comprising a balancing system that has at least one balancing chamber for a volumetrically exact supply and removal of dialysis solution to and from a dialyzer fluidically connected to the bal...