US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on March 17 for "Magnetic propulsion and bearing for a hemodynamic support pump" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,262, issued on March 17, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Magnetic propulsion and bearing for a hemodynamic support pump" was invented by Nathan Edwards (Minneapolis), Steven R. Larsen (Lino Lake, Minn.), Travis J. Schauer (Rockford, Minn.), Jeffrey Lucas (Hopkins, Minn.), Lloyd Radman (Blaine, Minn.) and Sam Murthy (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed towards apparatuses, systems, and methods that may include a blood pump. The blood pump may include a magnetic field source and an impeller assembly. The impeller assembly include...