ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,621, issued on May 6, was assigned to TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC (Singapore).

"Dialysate regenerator comprising reversible retainer" was invented by Christian Gert Bluechel (Singapore), Cathy Padua Sagun (Singapore), Puay Meng Tang (Singapore), Liutong Lin I (Singapore), Hua Zhang (Singapore) and Keng Hong Lee (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aspect of the disclosure relates to a dialysate regenerator, including: a purification means; at least one reversible retainer including an ion reservoir; a dialysate flow path including a dialysate inlet for receiving a dialysate, a dialysate outlet for dispensing the dialysate, the purifi...