ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,344, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SYSTOL DYNAMICS (Marseilles, France).
"Left ventricle unloading device" was invented by Vincent Cabane (Paris) and Alain Cornen (Marseilles, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ventricle unloading device intended to be implanted inside a patient's blood vessel portion through which a blood flow circulates. The device includes: a stator, a rotor arranged around the stator, the rotor having a driving impeller and a impeller engine, the impeller being an unducted impeller aimed at rotating freely within the blood vessel portion, and a static anchoring element displaying a circular part which i...