US Patent Issued to Regents of the University of Minnesota on July 1 for "System and method for implanting left ventricular assist devices" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,086, issued on July 1, was assigned to Regents of the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis).

"System and method for implanting left ventricular assist devices" was invented by Mikayle Ashlyn Holm (Minneapolis), David Alfonso Ramirez (St Paul, Minn.), Paul Anthony Iaizzo (White Bear Lake, Minn.), Andrew W. Shaffer (Minneapolis) and Anthony Robert Prisco (Lakeville, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for implanting heart assist devices. A model of a heart of a patient is formed based on images taken of the cardiothoracic cavity of the patient. A point is selected for insertion of the heart assist device based on th...