US Patent Issued to FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS on Nov. 18 for "Predicting ultrafiltration volume in peritoneal dialysis patients" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,293, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS INC. (Waltham, Mass.).

"Predicting ultrafiltration volume in peritoneal dialysis patients" was invented by Fansan Zhu (Flushing, N.Y.), Peter Kotanko (New York), Laura Rosales (Flushing, N.Y.) and Jun Yi (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for monitoring intraperitoneal volume (IPV) during a dwell period of a peritoneal dialysis patient include monitoring intraperitoneal pressure (IPP) during the dwell period using a pressure sensor, monitoring the density of the dialysate during the dwell period, and determining a change in IPV based at least on ...