US Patent Issued to TC1 on Aug. 19 for "Methods and systems for controlling a left ventricular assist device" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,170, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to TC1 LLC (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Methods and systems for controlling a left ventricular assist device" was invented by Rahul Agarwal (Los Angeles), Allison Connolly (Fremont, Calif.), Yelena Nabutovsky (Mountain View, Calif.) and Julie Prillinger (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Blood pump systems include a left ventricular assist device that is controlled to inhibit onset or worsening of right ventricular failure. A blood pump system includes a left ventricular assist device, a pulmonary artery pressure sensor, and a controller. The pulmonary artery pressure sensor is configured...