US Patent Issued to STAR BP on Aug. 12 for "Ventricular assist system and method of treatment of cardiovascular impairment" (American, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,721, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to STAR BP INC. (Spring, Texas).

"Ventricular assist system and method of treatment of cardiovascular impairment" was invented by J. Ryan Stanfield (Sandy, Utah), Landon Tompkins (Peachtree Corners, Ga.), Michael Vladovich (Edmond, Okla.) and Matthew Keillor (Sain Sebastien sur Loire, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ventricular assist system including a cannula that defines a lumen and includes a first end and a second end. The second end of the cannula includes a tip that defines an opening, and a pump operably is coupled to the first end of the cannula. A pump anchor is operably coupled ...