US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body on July 21 for "Method of attaching an apical cuff to heart tissue" (Colorado Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,860, issued on July 21, was assigned to The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body (Aurora, Colo.).

"Method of attaching an apical cuff to heart tissue" was invented by Max Bannister Mitchell (Castle Pines, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apical cuff axial compression assembly including a ring member for coupling an apical cuff of a Ventricular Assist Device pump, to left ventricular apical tissue. Tissue anchors are employed to engage with the ring member and the apical cuff to exert direct or axial compression of the ring member to the apical cuff and to the left ventricular apical tissue. A first variant includes an...