ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,857, issued on July 21, was assigned to Berlin Heart GmbH (Berlin).

"Heart pump device and operating method for a heart pump device" was invented by Benno Uennigmann (Berlin), Michael Frischke (Rangsdorf, Germany), Oliver Peters (Berlin) and Florian Jankowsky (Friedland, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The application relates to a heart pump device and an operating method for a heart pump device. The proposed heart pump device comprises an implantable heart pump and a controller for controlling the heart pump. The controller and the heart pump are connected to one another by way of a line with wires. Moreover, the controller i...