ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,363, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to DEKA Products LP (Manchester, N.H.).
"Pumping cassette" was invented by Jason A. Demers (Manchester, N.H.), Michael J. Wilt (Windham, N.H.), Kevin L. Grant (Litchfield, N.H.), James D. Dale (Milton, Fla.) and Brian D. Tracey (Litchfield, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pumping cassette including a housing having at least two inlet fluid lines and at least two outlet fluid lines. At least one balancing pod within the housing and in fluid connection with the fluid paths. The balancing pod balances the flow of a first fluid and the flow of a second fluid such that the volume of the first flu...