ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,687, issued on Feb. 17, 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 comprising a pump casing having a blood flow inlet and a blood flow outlet and an impeller arranged in said pump casing so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation. The impeller has blades designed for conveying blood from the inlet and outlet. The blood pump comprises a drive unit with a plurality of posts abou...