US Patent Issued to TC1 on Nov. 11 for "Blood pump controllers and methods of use for improved energy efficiency" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,060, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TC1 LLC (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Blood pump controllers and methods of use for improved energy efficiency" was invented by Ethan Petersen (Oakland, Calif.) and Joseph C. Stark (San Leandro, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for a mechanical circulatory support system are disclosed herein. An implantable power supply can be part of a mechanical circulatory support system. The implantable power supply can include one or several energy storage components, a power source, a voltage converter, and an output bus. Power can be provided to the voltage converter from one or ...