ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,148, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to FINEHEART (Pessac, France).
"Device for fixing and positioning a cardiac pump" was invented by Stephane Garrigue (Begles, France), Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (Pessac, France), Emmanuel Bougere (Pessac, France) and Jeremy Collas (Bordeaux, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present document relates to a device for fixing a cardiac pump in an opening of a ventricular wall of a beating heart. The device includes: a hollow main body of overall cylindrical shape having an outer surface, this hollow main body includes a proximal end and a distal end between which said the outer surface extends, at...