ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,484, issued on July 8, was assigned to 3R LIFE SCIENCES Corp. (Campbell, Calif.).

"Implantable co-pulsatile epi-ventricular circulatory support system with sutureless flow cannula assembly" was invented by Steven Shi Lap Tsui (Kaohsiung, Taiwan) and Pong-Jeu Lu (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable circulatory support system, configured to connect a ventricular chamber of a heart, including a valveless displacement blood pump, a deformable polymeric flow cannula, a pair of male and female fasteners, a coupler, a driveline assembly, and a co-pulsatile driver. Forward and backward flow communication between th...