ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,879, issued on June 24, was assigned to Baxter International Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.) and Baxter Healthcare SA (Glattpark, Switzerland).

"Virtual assistant/chatbot to improve clinical workflows for home renal replacement therapies" was invented by James Mitchell White (Grayslake, Ill.), Isaac Dean Martis (Chicago), Brian James Connell (Evanston, Ill.), Kent Alan Williams (Chicago) and Judy Danek (South Milwaukee, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A virtual assistant/chatbot to improve clinical workflow for home renal replacement therapies is disclosed herein. A virtual assistant/chatbot includes a user interface configured to enable ...