ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,299, 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 is provided that includes a pump shaped so as to define a pump chamber. The pump includes a tubular linear motor, which includes a magnetic piston, which includes a reciprocating one-way valve configured to allow downstream blood flow and inhibit upstream blood flow; and a stator, which is configured to magnetically drive the magnetic piston with reciprocating motion, so as to pump blood downstream during downstream motion of the magn...