ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,686, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to VITALMEX INTERNACIONAL S.A. DE C.V. (Municipio Tlalnepantla, Mexico).
"Ventricular assist devices and methods" was invented by Adrian Beltran Calva (Municipio Tlalnepantla, Mexico), Cynthia Denisse Anaya Romo (Municipio Tlalnepantla, Mexico) and Jesus Salvador Carlos Robles (Municipio Tlalnepantla, Mexico).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments include Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs) with clips that help hold a cannula to the VAD. In some embodiments the clip embraces a cannula that has been placed around a cannula connector. In further embodiments an additional clip connects the first cli...