US Patent Issued to Fresenius Medical Care Holdings on Sept. 2 for "Smart dialysis bag detection system" (American, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,231, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Fresenius Medical Care Holdings Inc. (Waltham, Mass.).

"Smart dialysis bag detection system" was invented by Hernando Garrido Garza (Concord, Calif.), Gilberto Romero Saldivar (Lausanne, Switzerland), Kulwinder Plahey (Martinez, Calif.) and Irving Uziel Hernandez (Hidalgo, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dialysis machine (e.g., a peritoneal dialysis (PD) machine) can include a safety feature that enables the dialysis machine to automatically identify the connections made by a user in preparation for treatment. A smart connector is disclosed that uses a split RFID device that is operation...