ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,737, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to MOZARC MEDICAL US LLC (Minneapolis).

"Peritoneal dialysis cycler-cassette interface" was invented by Rathnakara Narayana (Bangalore, India) and Rajkumar Vp (Dindigul, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and devices directed to a peritoneal dialysis cassette and an interface between the cassette and a peritoneal dialysis system is provided. The peritoneal dialysis cassette can include one or more fluid flow paths connecting a plurality of inlet/outlet ports, one or more rotary valves for selectively directing fluid through the peritoneal dialysis cassette, and a pump."

The pate...