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SynCardia Granted Second Patent Covering Fully Implantable Artificial Heart

October 31, 2024 sarah JonasAnnouncement

SynCardia Systems, LLC., a Picard Medical Inc. company, is pleased to announce that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a second patent (US patent no. 12,121,711 B2) that will expand the coverage of SynCardia’s fully implantable artificial heart technology (SynCardia Emperor). The USPTO allowed the first patent (US patent no. 11,918,797) relating to its groundbreaking “Next Generation Total Artificial Heart” designs in March of this year.

Tiny, Wireless, Injectable Chips Use Ultrasound to Monitor Body Processes

May 12, 2021 sarah JonasResearch Results

Researchers at Columbia Engineering report that they have built what they say is the world’s smallest single-chip system, consuming a total volume of less than 0.1 mm3. The system is as small as a dust mite and visible only under a microscope. In order to achieve this, the team used ultrasound to both power and communicate with the device wirelessly

LLNL-developed thin-film electrodes reveal key insight into human brain activity

May 12, 2021 sarah JonasResearch Results

Thin-film electrodes developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have been used in human patients at the University of California, San Francisco, generating never-before-seen recordings of brain activity in the hippocampus, a region responsible for memory and other cognitive functions.