US Patent Issued to TC1 on March 25 for "Systems and methods for wireless energy transfer for ventricular assist devices" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,428, issued on March 25, was assigned to TC1 LLC (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Systems and methods for wireless energy transfer for ventricular assist devices" was invented by John Freddy Hansen (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Eric Lee (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless power transfer system is provided. The system includes an external transmit resonator and an implantable receive resonator. The transmit resonator is configured to transmit wireless power, wherein the external transmit resonator includes one of i) one or more loops of Litz wire and ii) a plurality of stacked plates. The implantable receive resonator is configu...