ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,649, issued on Aug. 12.

"Safe disposal machine for peritoneal dialysis liquid waste" was invented by Lingcang Xu (Zhejiang, China), Haixue Lin (Zhejiang, China), Fangfang Zhou (Zhejiang, China), Qun Luo (Zhejiang, China), Beixia Zhu (Zhejiang, China), Congping Xue (Zhejiang, China), Meng Li (Zhejiang, China), Zhiwei Dai (Zhejiang, China) and Qilin Sheng (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safe disposal machine for peritoneal dialysis liquid waste comprises a box main body, with ultraviolet lamps for box internal disinfection provided at the top of the box's interior, a weighing device for peritoneal dialysis liquid wast...