ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,554, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to MAGENTA MEDICAL LTD (Kadima, Israel).
"Impeller blades" was invented by Yosi Tuval (Even Yehuda, Israel), Gad Lubinsky (Ein Vered, Israel), Yuri Sudin (Modiin-Makkabim-Reut, Israel), Avi Rozenfeld (Haifa, Israel), Shaul Mustacchi (Rosh Haayin, Israel) and Ran Tamir (Ramat Gan, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods are described including a blood pump that includes an axial shaft configured for insertion into, and rotation within, a subject's body. The blood pump also includes an impeller, which includes a proximal bushing disposed over the axial shaft, a distal bushing dis...