ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,421, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. (Deerfield, Ill.) and BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA (Glattpark, Switzerland).

"Method and system for producing sterile solution filled containers" was invented by Atul Malhotra (Vernon Hills, Ill.) and Gianni Di Stefani (Ath, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cartridge assembly for a filling machine includes a plurality of containers. Each container includes a volume and a stem connected to the volume. A connection line grid is in fluid communication with each stem of the plurality of containers. The connection line grid includes a first row connected to one or more cont...