US Patent Issued to DEKA Products on May 27 for "Pump cassette and methods for use in medical treatment system using a plurality of fluid lines" (California, Georgia, New Hampshire, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,086, issued on May 27, was assigned to DEKA Products LP (Manchester, N.H.).

"Pump cassette and methods for use in medical treatment system using a plurality of fluid lines" was invented by David W McGill (Woodstock, Ga.), James D. Dale (Milton, Fla.), Simon C. Helmore (San Francisco), Richard J. Lanigan (Concord, N.H.), Jason A. Demers (Manchester, N.H.) and Dean Kamen (Bedford, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid handling cassette, such as that useable with an automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) cycler device or other infusion apparatus, may include a generally planar body having at least one pump chamber formed as a depress...