ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,256, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Kardion GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Cardiac support system flow measurement using pressure sensors" was invented by Ingo Stotz (Ditzingen, Germany) and Thomas Alexander Schlebusch (Renningen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an implantable vascular support system (10), comprising:-a fluid channel (13) passing through the support system (10) and through which fluid can flow; -a first pressure sensor (18a, b) arranged and configured to determine at least a static pressure or a total pressure in the region of the support system (10); -a second pressure sensor (17) arra...