US Patent Issued to XVIVO HOLDING, RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN, ACADEMISCH ZIEKENHUIS GRONINGEN on Oct. 14 for "Apparatus and a method for ex-vivo measurement of performance of a donor heart" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,843, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to XVIVO HOLDING B.V. (Groningen, Netherlands), RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN (Groningen, Netherlands) and ACADEMISCH ZIEKENHUIS GRONINGEN (Groningen, Netherlands).

"Apparatus and a method for ex-vivo measurement of performance of a donor heart" was invented by Foppe Nijhuis (Garijp, Netherlands), Arjan Van Der Plaats (Meeden, Netherlands) and Michiel Elardus Erasmus (Groningen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus (1) for ex-vivo measurement of performance of a donor heart (2) has a heart holder (6) in a receptacle (7) for holding a human donor heart and a bag (17) for placement ...