ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,822, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to 3R LIFE SCIENCES Corp. (Campbell, Calif.).
"Para-aortic blood pump device" was invented by Pong-Jeu Lu (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan) and Hsiao-Chien Lin (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A para-aortic blood pump device includes a blood pump, an aortic adapter, a driveline, and a driver. The blood pump includes a blood sac, a pump housing and a pressure sensor, whereas the pressure sensor is installed in the pump housing for monitoring the blood pressure inside the blood pump. The aortic adapter is a T-manifold shaped conduit connected to the blood pump and is used for connecting...