US Patent Issued to KARDION on March 31 for "Rotor, magnetic coupling device, electric motor for a cardiac support system, pump unit for a cardiac support system, and method for producing a rotor" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,238, issued on March 31, was assigned to KARDION GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Rotor, magnetic coupling device, electric motor for a cardiac support system, pump unit for a cardiac support system, and method for producing a rotor" was invented by Uwe Vollmer (Sindelfingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotor for a cardiac support system is disclosed. The rotor is assembled or can be assembled from at least four shell elements to form a hollow cylinder and/or on a shaft, wherein the shell elements are magnetized or can be magnetized alternately in magnetization direction which are oppositely directed or are orthogonal, so as...