ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,089, issued on May 27, was assigned to Baxter International Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.) and Baxter Healthcare SA (Glattpark, Switzerland).

"Multi-functional peritoneal dialysis mobile cart" was invented by Matthew Muller (Lindenhurst, Ill.), Tom Westberg (Lake Forest, Ill.), James W. Kendall (Mount Prospect, Ill.), Carlos Corrales (Vernon Hills, Ill.), Michela Carpani (San Felice sul Panaro, Italy), Paolo Rovatti (Finale Emilia, Italy), Luca Vinci (Poggio Rusco, Italy) and Mauro Suffritti (Medolla, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile dialysis therapy cart includes a top shelf; a cycler compartment positioned below the top shelf,...