ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,462, issued on July 1, was assigned to Baxter International Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.) and Baxter Healthcare SA (IL Glattpark, Switzerland).

"Automated peritoneal dialysis system having load cell calibration" was invented by Jack Alexander Hornsby (Tempsford, Great Britain), Akshaya Ahuja (St Neots, Great Britain), Emil Preda (Cambourne, Great Britain) and Marco Troncone (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dialysis machine operable with a disposable set having at least one container, the dialysis machine including a pump actuator operable to pump dialysis fluid to and/or from the at least one container; a weigh plat...