US Patent Issued to FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND on Feb. 24 for "Ultrasonic detection of bacteria in water of a medical system" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,578, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS INC. (Waltham, Mass.) and FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH (Bad Homburg, Germany).

"Ultrasonic detection of bacteria in water of a medical system" was invented by Martin Crnkovich (Concord, Mass.), Christian Schlaeper (Bad Homburg, Germany) and David Yuds (Waltham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical system for detecting bacteria in water includes: a water distribution or processing system; an inlet for receiving water into the water distribution or processing system; an outlet for expelling water from the water distribution or processing system...