ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,313, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Vantive Healthcare US LLC (Deerfield, Ill.) and Vantive Health GmbH (Glattpark, Switzerland).
"Peritoneal dialysis cycler using micropump" was invented by Anoop Thirumattathil Ashokan (Bangalore, India), Karthik Pitchaimani (Bangalore, India), Sadashiva Kamath (Bangalore, India), Sankar Murmu (Bangalore, India), Emmanuel Thomas Nishanth Irudhayaraj (Bangalore, India) and Marcello Malagoli (Medolla, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A peritoneal dialysis ("PD") system includes a cycler having a micropump actuator, a pressure transducer, and at least one valve actuator; a disposable set incl...