ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,201, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Abiomed Europe GmbH (Aachen, Germany).
"Cannula for intravascular blood pump" was invented by Walid Aboulhosn (Aachen, Germany), Thorsten Siess (Aachen, Germany) and Frank Kirchhoff (Aachen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a cannula (4) for an intravascular blood pump comprises the steps of forming a first axial section (13) and a second axial section (15) of an elongate tubular body of the cannula (4) by dispensing a first liquid material and a second liquid material, respectively, onto a mandrel (7) by means of at least one dispenser (8). The mandrel (7) is rota...