ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,743, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Berlin Heart GmbH (Berlin).
"Cardiac drainage cannula and related methods and systems" was invented by Ares K. Menon (Berlin) and Kevin T. Fischer (The Woodlands, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of placing a cardiac drainage cannula into a patient's heart is provided. The method may comprise the steps of (a) inserting the cannula percutaneously into an internal jugular vein, (b) advancing the cannula through the internal jugular vein and into the right atrium of the heart, and (c) advancing the cannula through the atrial septum into the left atrium of the heart. A method of draini...