ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,383, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Baxter International Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.) and Baxter Healthcare SA (Glattpark, Switzerland).

"Flow regulation device" was invented by Justin B. Rohde (Des Plaines, Ill.) and Shincy J. Maliekkal (Glenview, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow regulation device is disclosed. The flow regulation device is fluidly located between a fluid source and a dialysis machine. In some embodiments, the flow regulation device includes an inlet in fluid communication with the fluid source to receive a fluid and an outlet in fluid communication with the dialysis machine to provide the fluid. The flow re...