ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,613, issued on July 14, was assigned to ECP Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (Aachen, Germany).
"Pump, in particular a blood pump" was invented by Mario Scheckel (Berlin) and Robert Decke (Berlin).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a pump, in particular a blood pump having a proximal and a distal end and a pump housing arranged therebetween, a driveshaft arranged in an interior of the pump housing along the longitudinal direction, a conveying element arranged on the driveshaft, and a cannula. Here, the pump housing, the shaft arrangement and the conveying element are coordinated with one another in such a way ...