US Patent Issued to Children's National Medical Center on April 21 for "Durable implantable non-obstructive venous assist device for support of cavopulmonary fontan circulation" (Virginia, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,535, issued on April 21, was assigned to Children's National Medical Center (Washington).

"Durable implantable non-obstructive venous assist device for support of cavopulmonary fontan circulation" was invented by Pranava Sinha (Arlington, Va.), William A. Smith (Lyndhurst, Ohio) and Stephan Weber (Lyndhurst, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The circulation assist devices disclosed herein can be used, for example, in methods of decreasing venous pressure in the Fontan circulation. The devices can include an inlet, an outlet, a stator, a rotor, and an impeller driven by rotation of the rotor. In some embodiments, the impeller blade...