US Patent Issued to Abiomed Europe on March 17 for "Corrosion-resistant permanent magnet and intravascular blood pump comprising the magnet" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,111, issued on March 17, was assigned to Abiomed Europe GmbH (Aachen, Germany).

"Corrosion-resistant permanent magnet and intravascular blood pump comprising the magnet" was invented by Claudia Mourran (Aachen, Germany) and Thorsten Siess (Aachen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention is directed to a corrosion-resistant permanent magnet, to a method for producing a corrosion-resistant permanent magnet, and to an intravascular blood pump comprising the magnet. The magnet is corrosion resistant due to a composite coating comprising a first layer structure and optionally a second layer structure on the first layer stru...