ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,639, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Inc. (Waltham, Mass.).
"Dialyzer manufacturing tool" was invented by Bryce Aaron Virgil (North Ogden, Utah) and Bill Ray Cower (Ogden, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dialyzer housing manufacturing system includes a molding device configured to mold a dialyzer housing, and a tool coupled to a robotic arm and configured to retrieve the dialyzer housing from the molding device after the dialyzer housing is molded. The tool includes a frame, a first suction cup connected to a first portion of the frame, and a second suction cup connected to a second portion of...