ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,300, issued on Sept. 30.
"Pulsatile ventricular assist devices" was invented by Yossi Gross (Moshav Mazor, Israel) and Oz Cabiri (Hod HaSharon, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable LVAD system includes an implantable LVAD including an outflow cannula, which is couplable in fluid communication with a circulatory system of the patient at a first site; and an inflow cannula, which is couplable in fluid communication with the circulatory system at a second site upstream of the first site. The LVAD further includes a continuous-flow pump includes a first inlet in fluid communication with the inflow cannula, and a first ou...