ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,423, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to ECP Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (Aachen, Germany).
"Conveying blades for a compressible rotor" was invented by Sami Er (Aachen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a simple embodiment of a rotor for a fluid pump which is nevertheless very flexible in handling and compressible, in accordance with the invention a conveying blade is provided having at least two struts and a membrane spanned between them in the expanded state, wherein the struts each have at least one joint, in particular more than one joint, which enables an angling in a first direction in a first movement plane and...