US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Jan. 13 for "Processes for VAD controller exchange and firmware upgrade with uninterrupted circulatory support" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,543, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Processes for VAD controller exchange and firmware upgrade with uninterrupted circulatory support" was invented by Mark S. Egler (Reading, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating an implantable blood pump including connecting the implantable blood pump to a primary controller, the primary controller being configured to operate the implantable blood pump, and a secondary controller. The secondary controller synchronizes its own motor drive signals to a frequency and phase of the primary controller's motor drive signals, with...