US Patent Issued to NxStage Medical on July 22 for "Filtration system for preparation of fluids for medical applications" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,795, issued on July 22, was assigned to NxStage Medical Inc. (Lawrence, Mass.).

"Filtration system for preparation of fluids for medical applications" was invented by Jeffrey H. Burbank (Manchester, Mass.) and James M. Brugger (Newburyport, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for filling multiple sterile containers includes a filter with an inlet port and multiple outlet ports, the outlet ports being pre-attached to sterile containers by respective filling lines of each container. Each container has an interior and each of the respective filling lines are connected to a respective container interior. The respective filling ...