ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,414, issued on April 7, was assigned to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).
"Heart support and massage machine" was invented by Abdulrahman Athwan S. Alqarni (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heart support apparatus includes a heart wrap having a shape configured to conform with a heart of a patient. The heart wrap includes four inflatable compartments, each inflatable compartment is configured to cover one of a pair of atriums and a pair of ventricles. The apparatus includes a negative charge pad configured to deliver an electrical stimulus to the heart and a positive charge pad config...