US Patent Issued to NxStage Medical on Aug. 11 for "Leakage current management systems, devices, and methods" (Massachusetts, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,745, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to NxStage Medical Inc. (Lawrence, Mass.).

"Leakage current management systems, devices, and methods" was invented by Mark F. Smith (Waltham, Mass.), Ilya Karnauk (Waltham, Mass.) and Eric Zoglio (Derry, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a method for reducing leakage current from a patient fluidly connected to a medical device by tubing filled with a conductive fluid, such as blood or dialysate, includes clamping a first current sensor onto the tubing, clamping a transducer that can induce a current in the tubing onto the tubing, and driving the transducer with an appropriate drivin...