US Patent Issued to Berlin Heart on Sept. 1 for "Switching unit and pneumatic system" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,604, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Berlin Heart GmbH (Berlin).

"Switching unit and pneumatic system" was invented by Matthew Oakley (Warendorf, Germany) and Thomas Reitinger (Cham, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A switching unit connects a first pneumatic unit and a second pneumatic unit of a pneumatic system. The switching unit includes a channel structure; a first and a second inlet for introducing a pressure into the channel structure; a first and a second outlet for discharging the pressure; and a first and a second valve. The first inlet can be brought into a pressure-exchange connection to the first outlet via a fi...