ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,078, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to B. Braun Avitum AG (Melsungen, Germany).
"Peristaltic pump" was invented by Marco Jakobi (Uder, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A peristaltic pump for conveying fluid in an apparatus for extracorporeal blood treatment includes a pump housing that accommodates a rotor. The rotor includes squeezing elements offset against each other in the circumferential direction. The pump housing includes a support surface extending in a curved shape around the rotor's axis. The support surface is radially spaced from the rotor and arranged to support a tube segment radially inserted between the rotor...