ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,236, issued on March 31, was assigned to Stichting Amsterdam UMC (Amsterdam).
"Implantable artificial heart" was invented by Maziar Arfaee (Gouda, Netherlands), Annemijn Vis (Amsterdam) and Jolanda Kluin (Den Dolder, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Present disclosure discloses an implantable total artificial heart. The artificial heart includes a first pumping chamber, a second pumping chamber and an actuator disposed between the first pumping chamber and the second pumping chamber. The actuator is configured to operate between a first operating state and a second operating state. Further, the artificial heart includes a ...