US Patent Issued to B. Braun Avitum on Feb. 3 for "Peristaltic pump for a device for extracorporeal blood treatment" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,412, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to B. Braun Avitum AG (Melsungen, Germany).

"Peristaltic pump for a device for extracorporeal blood treatment" was invented by Waldemar Janik (Melsungen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A peristaltic pump includes a housing and a rotor that rotates about a rotor axis. The rotor has a rotor body and a pump. The housing has a cut-out in which the rotor is accommodated and a support surface extending about the rotor axis. The support surface supports a tube segment that is introducible between the rotor and support surface. The rotor has a first element for manually actuating the rotor and a fir...