ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,023, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to NxStage Medical Inc. (Lawrence, Mass.).
"Disposable medical flow-regulating device and system" was invented by James M. Brugger (Newburyport, Mass.) and William J. Schnell (Libertyville, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disposable medical flow-regulating assembly includes flow-directing units, with multiple fluid-flow lines entering each of the flow-directing units. The flow-directing units are interconnected by a fluid-flow line that extends between them. Each of the flow-directing units includes a rotational insert member that regulates which of multiple flow passages through the flow-...