ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,555, issued on April 29, was assigned to CardiacAssist Inc..
"Priming tray for priming a fluid system" was invented by Robert G. Svitek (Freeport, Pa.), Jerry Stokes (Sarver, Pa.), Patrick A. Kelly (North Huntingdon, Pa.), Anthony McCoppin (Blawnox, Pa.), Patrick A. Murawski (Pittsburgh), Travis Deschamps (Pittsburgh), Patrick E. Lutz (Pittsburgh) and John C. Marous III (Pittsburgh).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for assisting a patient's heart has a pump, an oxygenator, a holder having a pump receiving portion for removably receiving the pump and an oxygenator receiving portion for removably receiving the oxygenator, and a ha...