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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2023
Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Fresenius Medical Care Deutschland Gmbh, Bad Homburg, DE;
Martin Crnkovich, Concord, MA (US);
Christian Schlaeper, Bad Homburg, DE;
David Yuds, Waltham, MA (US);
FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE HOLDINGS, INC., Waltham, MA (US);
FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE DEUTSCHLAND GMBH, Bad Homburg, DE;
Abstract
A medical system for detecting bacteria in water includes: a water distribution or processing system; an inlet for receiving water into the water distribution or processing system; an outlet for expelling water from the water distribution or processing system; and at least one ultrasonic testing system. The at least one ultrasonic testing system: an ultrasonic emitter configured to emit ultrasonic waves into a testing volume containing water, and an ultrasonic sensor configured to detect a sonic response of bacteria in the testing volume based on ultrasonic waves emitted by the ultrasonic emitter. The at least one ultrasonic testing system is arranged at the inlet or the outlet.