US Patent Issued to FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND on May 12 for "Reducing biofilm build-up in a dialysate pathway by using ultrasonication and ionization" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,009, issued on May 12, was assigned to FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS INC. (Waltham, Mass.) and FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH (Bad Homburg, Germany).

"Reducing biofilm build-up in a dialysate pathway by using ultrasonication and ionization" was invented by David Yuds (Hudson, N.H.), Martin Crnkovich (Walnut Creek, Calif.) and Christian Schlaeper (Wehrheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic system and method are provided for breaking-up, dislodging, removing, and preventing the build-up of biofilm in a dialysate pathway of an extracorporeal blood treatment device. The dialysate pathway can include a dialyzer...