US Patent Issued to Abiomed, Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Nov. 3 for "Estimating contractile reserve using a mechanical circulatory support device" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,203, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Abiomed Inc. (Danvers, Mass.) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Estimating contractile reserve using a mechanical circulatory support device" was invented by Jerald Curran (Danvers, Mass.), Steven Keller (Danvers, Mass.), Elazer Edelman (Danvers, Mass.) and Ahmad El Katerji (Danvers, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for determining a contractile reserve of a heart of a patient are provided. The method includes controlling a heart pump to operate at a first speed, determining based on a motor current signal received from a motor when the heart...