ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,002, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH (Bad Homburg, Germany).
"Dialysis machine and cleaning method for the dialysis machine" was invented by Pia Daniel (Bodman, Germany), Stephan Goessmann (Friedrichsdorf, Germany), Klaus Karl (Alzenau, Germany) and Georg Verch (Wiesbaden, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a dialysis treatment unit in which the connecting line to the central concentrate supply is also rinsed in the rinsing or cleaning process in order to prevent deposits therein."
The patent was filed on May 16, 2023, under Application No. 18/318,050.
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