ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,545, issued on July 14, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"Dialysis system and dialysis system operation method" was invented by Toshihiko Mizuno (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Takashi Watanabe (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dialysis system includes a dialysis apparatus, a measurement apparatus, and a control apparatus. The dialysis apparatus performs hemodialysis on a dialysis subject. The measurement apparatus measures a cerebral regional oxygen saturation of the dialysis subject. The control apparatus adjusts a hemodialysis operating condition by the dialysis apparatus so as to suppress decre...