ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,955, issued on June 2, was assigned to Magenta Medical Ltd (Kadima, Israel).
"Impeller frame" was invented by Yosi Tuval (Even Yehuda, Israel), Zev Sohn (Karnei Shomron, Israel), Ehud Schwammenthal (Ra'anana, Israel) and Gad Lubinsky (Ein Vered, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods are described including a ventricular assist device that includes an impeller configured to be placed inside a left ventricle of a subject, and a frame configured to be disposed around the impeller. The frame is shaped such that, in a non-radially constrained configuration of the frame, the frame defines a cylindrical central portion,...