ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,714, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Bellco S.r.l (Mirandola, Italy).
"Dialysis cassette with pump features" was invented by Gaspare Marotta (Mirandola, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dialysis cassette includes a cassette housing having a plurality of channels fluidly coupled to a plurality of connectors and a plurality of valves disposed within the plurality of channels. The dialysis cassette also includes a pump assembly disposed within the cassette housing. The pump assembly includes a pump housing and a flexible rotor having a plurality of flexible vanes, where the flexible rotor is rotatable in either a clockwise dire...