ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,198, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH (Bad Homburg, Germany).
"System and method for connecting a concentrate container with a blood treatment device" was invented by Winfried Brehm (Hofheim, Germany), Phillippe Laffay (Sainte Foy les Lyon, France) and Gerhard Wiesen (Bad Homburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention refers to a system and method for connecting a concentrate container with a blood treatment device with improved hygiene. Furthermore, the invention refers to a container and blood treatment device to be used in a method according to the present invention."...