US Patent Issued to Board of Regents, The University of Texas System on Nov. 18 for "Method and apparatus for determining cardiac performance in a patient" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,360, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Board of Regents, The University of Texas System (Austin, Texas).

"Method and apparatus for determining cardiac performance in a patient" was invented by Marc D. Feldman (San Antonio), Jonathan W. Valvano (Austin, Texas) and John A. Pearce (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for determining heart transplant rejection of a heart in a patient includes at least two electrodes adapted to be sewn into the heart that span the left ventricle. The apparatus includes a voltage generator adapted to be inserted in the patient which generates a voltage to the two electrodes and sense...