US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Nov. 3 for "Percutaneous circulatory support device with cannula and expandable element" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,198, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Percutaneous circulatory support device with cannula and expandable element" was invented by Cole Thomas Theobald (Mankato, Minn.), Brice Lee Shireman (Maple Grove, Minn.), Brian R. Reynolds (Ramsey, Minn.) and Beth Camilleri (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A percutaneous circulatory support device includes a housing comprising an inlet and an outlet, an impeller disposed within the housing and being rotatable relative to the housing to cause blood to flow into the inlet, through the housing, and out of the outlet, a cannula coupled...