ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,267, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SUMMACOR INC. (San Diego).
"Linear cardiac assist pulsatile pump" was invented by Steve C. Smith (Trabuco Canyon, Calif.), Brian A. Babson (Long Beach, Calif.), David J. Cline (Newport Beach, Calif.), Mark Glindmeyer (La Mesa, Calif.), Andrew Filachek (Eatontown, N.J.) and Jeremy S. Martinson (La Mesa, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are pumps that linearly reciprocate to assist with circulating blood within the body of a patient. Red blood cell damage may be avoided or minimized by such linear pump movement. The linearly reciprocating movement may also generate a pulsatile...