ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,819, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Abiomed Europe GmbH (Aachen, Germany).
"Blood pump" was invented by Marius Grauwinkel (Aachen, Germany) and Wolfgang Kerkhoffs (Aachen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention concerns an intravascular blood pump for percutaneous insertion into a patient's blood vessel. The blood pump comprises a pump casing having a blood flow inlet and a blood flow outlet, an impeller arranged in said pump casing so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation. The impeller has blades sized and shaped for conveying blood from the blood flow inlet to the blood flow outlet. The blood pump comprise...