US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Oct. 20 for "Circulatory support device with steerable cannula" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,310, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Circulatory support device with steerable cannula" was invented by Brian Reynolds (Ramsey, Minn.) and Darrin Dale Beekman (Osseo, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A percutaneous circulatory support device includes a housing, an impeller disposed within the housing and being rotatable relative to the housing, through the housing, and out of the outlet, a cannula coupled to the housing, the cannula having a body extending between a proximal end and a distal end and along a longitudinal axis, a structural body portion, a surface coating disp...