US Patent Issued to Vantive US Healthcare, Vantive Health on Sept. 29 for "Automated peritoneal dialysis cycler having gravimetric control" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,314, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Vantive US Healthcare LLC (Deerfield, Ill.) and Vantive Health GmbH (Glattpark, Switzerland).

"Automated peritoneal dialysis cycler having gravimetric control" was invented by Olof Jansson (Vellinge, Sweden), Christian Antero Vartia (Veberod, Sweden) and Sture Hobro (Lund, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A peritoneal dialysis ("PD") system includes a cycler having a weigh scale, a chamber for weighing by the weigh scale, a heater, a plurality of valves, a pump, and a control unit operable with the weigh scale, the heater, the plurality of valves and the pump; and a disposable set includ...