ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,251, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Baxter International Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.) and Baxter Healthcare SA (Glattpark, Switzerland).
"Peritoneal dialysis using pressurized chamber" was invented by Belur Shanthakumar Shashanka Jain (Bangalore, India) and Anoop Thirumattathil Ashokan (Alappuzha Kerala, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A peritoneal dialysis system and method includes a control unit configured to enable a pressurization device to pressurize a pressure cavity to a pressure; cause a fluid valve to be opened when the pressure reaches a desired pressure to allow fluid communication with a flexible container located wit...