US Patent Issued to Baxter International, Baxter Healthcare on Aug. 19 for "Dialysis system having enhanced valve features" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,564, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Baxter International Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.) and Baxter Healthcare SA (Glattpark, Switzerland).

"Dialysis system having enhanced valve features" was invented by Shanthakumar Shashanka Jain Belur (Karnataka, India), Anoop Thirumattathil Ashokan (Karnataka, India) and Harakabhavi Mutt Vinayaka (Karnataka, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical fluid system includes a medical fluid pump configured to pump a medical fluid; a tube through which medical fluid pumped by the medical fluid pump flows; a pinch valve positioned and arranged to occlude the tube to prevent medical fluid from flowing ...