ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,251, issued on April 22, was assigned to ABIOMED INC. (Danvers, Mass.).
"Counterpulsation device driver apparatus, method and system" was invented by Paul Spence (Danvers, Mass.), Rob Dowling (Danvers, Mass.), Robert T. V. Kung (Danvers, Mass.), Thorsten Siess (Aachen, Germany), Eric Gratz (Danvers, Mass.) and Gerd Spanier (Aachen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a counterpulsation device (CPD) in a human or animal subject is disclosed, the method including: receiving a heart beat signal indicative of the heart beat of the subject; providing counterpulsation therapy by controlling the pressure supplied to ...