ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,952, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to DEKA Products LP (Manchester, N.H.).

"Reciprocating diaphragm pumps for blood treatment systems and methods" was invented by Michael J. Wilt (Windham, N.H.), Dirk A. van der Merwe (Canterbury, N.H.), James D. Dale (Milton, Fla.), Brian D. Tracey (Litchfield, N.H.), Kevin L. Grant (Litchfield, N.H.), Jason A. Demers (Manchester, N.H.) and Catharine N. Flynn (Manchester, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hemodialysis and similar dialysis systems including a variety of systems and methods that make hemodialysis more efficient, easier, and/or more affordable, and include new fluid circuits for ...