US Patent Issued to CorWave on March 25 for "Implantable heart pump systems including an improved apical connector and/or graft connector" (French, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,427, issued on March 25, was assigned to CorWave SA (Clichy, France).

"Implantable heart pump systems including an improved apical connector and/or graft connector" was invented by Trevor Snyder (La Celle-Saint-Cloud, France), Amelie Bourquin (Paris), Pierre-Yves Quelenn (Asnieres-sur-Seine, France), Bastien Wittig (Epernon, France), Tim Maher (Hamilton, Mo.) and Jean Harter (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided herein for improving connections between a heart pump, such a left ventricular assist device (LVAD), and the heart and/or tubing such as a graft tube. An apical connector including a cylindri...