US Patent Issued to Vantive US Healthcare, Vantive Health on Sept. 1 for "Dialysis system and apparatus with fluid flow control" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,988, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Vantive US Healthcare LLC (Deerfield, Ill.) and Vantive Health GmbH (Glattpark, Switzerland).

"Dialysis system and apparatus with fluid flow control" was invented by John Zafiris (Hawthorn Woods, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dialysis fluid apparatus includes a flexible dialysis fluid container, a holder structured such that the flexible dialysis fluid container is held vertically within the holder and conforms to a shape of the holder, a pressure sensor positioned and arranged to sense a pressure of a fluid held within the flexible dialysis fluid container, and a control unit configure...