ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,502, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to ACIST MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

"Modular fluid delivery system" was invented by Zvonimir Batarilo (Lausanne, Switzerland), Dieter Heidmann (Geretsried, Germany) and Jan Sievertsen (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular fluid delivery system is disclosed which comprises at least one supply station for supplying at least one fluid, and a pressurizing unit for pressurizing the at least one fluid, the pressurizing unit comprising at least one driving unit and at least one disposable pump module assembly. The disposable pump module assembly comprises at least one disposab...