US Patent Issued to MI-VAD on June 30 for "Ventricular assist device and method" (California, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,711, issued on June 30, was assigned to MI-VAD INC. (Rochester, Minn.).

"Ventricular assist device and method" was invented by Josiah Verkaik (Los Gatos, Calif.), James Francis Antaki (Rochester, Minn.) and Sudhir Kushwaha (Rochester, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ventricular assist device including a frame having a proximal end and an outer surface, and an anchor having a base and a brace coupled to the base. The base is attached to the proximal end of the frame. The device also includes a stator assembly coupled to the frame, a rotor assembly disposed between the stator assembly and the frame, and a power source operativel...