ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,441, issued on June 23, was assigned to MOZARC MEDICAL US LLC (Minneapolis).

"Dialysis catheter including pressure and impedance sensors" was invented by Venkatesh Manda (Stillwater, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In examples described herein, a catheter configured to deliver dialysate and extract an effluent fluid from a peritoneal cavity of a patient includes at least two sensors configured and positioned to generate respective signals indicative of one or more parameters related to PD treatment provided to the patient. The sensors can include, for example, a pressure sensor configured to generate a pressure signal indicative...