ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,230, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Inc. (Waltham, Mass.).

"Short-range wireless communication for a medical device system" was invented by Carlos E. Medina (Concord, Calif.) and David Yuds (Hudson, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dialysis system comprising: a dialysis machine; a communication module configured to communicate using a short-range wireless technology protocol; data storage configured to store data corresponding to identities of one or more short-range wireless devices; and a processor configured to: identify presence of a short-range wireless device; and cause the dialysis mach...