ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,345, issued on Nov. 18.
"Pulmonary circulation assist implant for a univentricular heart" was invented by Shailendra Deendayal Sharma (Thane, India) and Malay Suvagiya (Junagadh, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments herein provide a Pulmonary Circulation Assist Implant for passively regulating the cardiovascular blood flow in a subject born with a univentricular heart. The Pulmonary Circulation Assist Implant is configured to avoid a head-on collision between the bloodstreams from a Superior Vena Cava (SVC) and an Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) without an offset between them. Further, the Pulmonary Circulation Assist Implant is...