ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,239, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to TC1 LLC (St. Paul, Minn.).
"Methods and systems for irrigating particulates during heart pump implantation" was invented by Stephen Franklin (Haverhill, Mass.) and Rachel Keen (Medford, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates generally to methods and systems for irrigating particulates during heart pump implantation, and more specifically relates to irrigating and removing particulates that may be released when coring a patient's heart tissue. A method of irrigating particulates during blood pump implantation includes inserting a removable tissue irrigating device into a pati...