ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,314, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Berlin Heart GmbH (Berlin).
"Pump system, control unit and method for operating a pump system" was invented by Robert Steingraber (Berlin), Matthias Kiesner (Rangsdorf, Germany), Alexander Reiprich (Lychen, Germany) and John C. Woodard (Turramurra, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pump system is provided comprising a diaphragm fluid pump which can be fluidically connected to a heart and/or at least one blood vessel by means of an inlet cannula and an outlet cannula and is adapted for generating a pulsatile fluid flow for supporting a cardiac activity of the heart, a working pressure ...