ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,889, issued on June 17, was assigned to Mozarc Medical US LLC (Minneapolis).

"Reducing sorbent cartridge recharging requirements" was invented by Arindam G. Roy (Bangalore, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for reducing the burden of recharging on patients and caregivers are provided. The systems and methods use a microbe removal layer upstream of a sorbent cartridge in a sorbent-based dialysis system. The systems and methods can determine whether the bacterial content and remaining capacity of a non-recharged sorbent module are suitable for the sorbent module to be reused safely and effectively without rechargi...