ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,087, issued on June 24, was assigned to FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH (Bad Homburg, Germany).
"Apparatus and method for disinfecting a hydraulic circuit" was invented by Benedict Glaser (Schweinfurt, Germany), Steffen Interwies (Schweinfurt, Germany) and Matthias Brandl (Bad Koenigshofen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for disinfecting a hydraulic circuit of a device for processing liquids for dialysis is provided. The apparatus includes at least one valve arrangement; at least one source for disinfectant; at least one first line which is connected or connectable to the source for disinfectant and to th...