ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,547, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Abiomed Inc. (Danvers, Mass.).

"Systems and methods for pump speed modulation" was invented by Randi Parks (Danvers, Mass.) and Jin Kwang Kim (Danvers, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for controlling operation of a mechanical circulatory support (MCS) device to facilitate recovery of native heart function in a patient within which the MCS device is implanted are provided. The method includes controlling a pump of the MCS device to operate in first mode, obtaining one or more first cardiac values associated with the patient during operation of the MCS device, determini...