ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,363, issued on May 6, was assigned to BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC. (Deerfield, Ill.) and BAXTER HEALTHCARE SA (Glattpark, Switzerland).

"Method and system for producing sterile solution product bags" was invented by Joseph John Kircher (Gurnee, Ill.), Karl Hans Cazzini (Lindenhurst, Ill.), James Mitchell White (Grayslake, Ill.) and Julien Beauquet (Villeneuve d'ascq, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing sterile solution product bags includes positioning a manifold assembly onto a filling machine. The manifold assembly includes a plurality of bags, a first filter, and a connection line in fluid communication with ...