ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,735, issued on July 15, was assigned to B. Braun Avitum AG (Melsungen, Germany).

"System for detecting blood in a dialysate flow of a dialysis machine" was invented by Tobias Lecke (Bebra, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a detection device for detecting blood in a dialysate flow of a dialysis machine during extracorporeal blood treatment."

The patent was filed on March 12, 2021, under Application No. 17/913,139.

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