US Patent Issued to FBR MEDICAL on Nov. 3 for "Catheter blood pumps with pressure sensors and related methods of determining positioning" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,202, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to FBR MEDICAL INC. (El Dorado Hills, Calif.).

"Catheter blood pumps with pressure sensors and related methods of determining positioning" was invented by Andrew J. Boyce (Laguna Woods, Calif.), Bradley J. Sargent (Mission Viejo, Calif.) and Peter G. Piferi (Orange, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Catheter blood pumps with an inlet cage, cannula, impeller assembly and a multiple lumen shaft that is coupled to a that provides connectors that connect to external components. First and second fiberoptic pressure sensors extend inside and along a length of the multi-lumen catheter. The first fibero...