US Patent Issued to MOZARC MEDICAL US, Bellco on June 17 for "Dextrose concentration sensor for a peritoneal dialysis system" (American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,892, issued on June 17, was assigned to MOZARC MEDICAL US LLC (Minneapolis) and Bellco SRL (Mirandola, Italy).

"Dextrose concentration sensor for a peritoneal dialysis system" was invented by Christopher M Hobot (Rogers, Minn.), Vijaya Kumar Parari (Fridley, Minn.) and Fabrizio Puviani (San Felice sul Panaro, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System and methods for sensing fluid characteristics of peritoneal dialysate infused into and removed from a patient during treatment are provided. The systems and methods can use an optical sensor including a transmitter light source operable to emit light through a fluid flow path and an op...