US Patent Issued to BackBeat Medical on Nov. 4 for "Methods and systems for lowering blood pressure through reduction of ventricle filling" (Florida, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,805, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to BackBeat Medical LLC (New Hope, Pa.).

"Methods and systems for lowering blood pressure through reduction of ventricle filling" was invented by Yuval Mika (Closter, N.J.), Darren Sherman (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Robert S. Schwartz (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.), Robert A Van Tassel (Excelsior, Minn.) and Daniel Burkhoff (Manhattan, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices for reducing ventricle filling volume are disclosed. In some embodiments, an electrical stimulator may be used to stimulate a patient's heart to reduce ventricle filling volume or even blood pressure. When the heart ...