US Patent Issued to ECP ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH on July 7 for "Intravascular fluid pump having a longitudinally elastically stretchable rotor" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,466, issued on July 7, was assigned to ECP ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH (Aachen, Germany).

"Intravascular fluid pump having a longitudinally elastically stretchable rotor" was invented by Thomas Toellner (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To design the rotor as compressible in the radial direction in a fluid pump, in particular for microinvasive medical use, said rotor is configured as stretchable in its longitudinal direction by push elements and pull elements acting axially on it."

The patent was filed on May 16, 2024, under Application No. 18/666,332.

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