ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,052, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Kynetika Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Vibration suppression apparatus" was invented by Abraham A. Dauhajre (Coral Springs, Fla.), Abraham Alexander Dauhajre (Seattle), Daniel P. Dauhajre (Santa Monica, Calif.) and Michael Klasco (Richmond, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for reducing vibrations perceived by a human due to an artificial heart valve include a vest that is wearable around a torso of the human, a plurality of sensors mounted to the vest, a plurality of vibration-generating actuators mounted to the vest, and a controller. The plurality of sensors detects v...