ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,268, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to CorWave SA (Clichy, France).
"Implantable pump system having a rectangular membrane" was invented by Louis-Emmanuel Le Duc De Lillers (Paris), Francois Cornat (Paris), Jean-Baptiste Drevet (Paris), Carl N. Botterbusch (Wyomissing, Pa.) and Alexandra Schmidt (Paris).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable pump system is provided, including an implantable blood pump suitable for use as a partial support assist device, the system further including an extracorporeal battery and a controller coupled to the implantable pump, and a programmer selectively periodically coupled to the controller to co...