ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,294, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Bellco S.R.L. (Mirandola, Italy).

"Peritoneal diaylsis system and cassettes therefor" was invented by Antonio Giuseppe Marra (Bologna, Italy), Salvatore Orlandini (Fontanafredda, Italy), Guilherme Pagatini (Mirandola, Italy), Alberto Petrucci (L'Aquila, Italy), Mariachiara Ricci (Rome), Arianna Roma (Mirandola, Italy) and Andrea Veratti (Modena, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A peritoneal dialysis system includes a preparator and a cycler. The system delivers purified water into one or more containers with different powders to create a concentrate and then moves the concentrate to a mixing ...