ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,509, issued on May 19, was assigned to MAGENTA MEDICAL LTD. (Kadima, Israel).
"Blood pump" was invented by Ehud Schwammenthal (Ra'anana, Israel), Yosi Tuval (Even Yehuda, Israel), Daniel Glozman (Kfar Yona, Israel), Tom Shtendel (Hod Hasharon, Israel) and Gad Lubinsky (Holon, 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 impeller having proximal and distal end portions, a frame disposed around the impeller, and a shaft member that passes through the proximal and distal end portions of the impeller and that is configured to impart rotational motion to the impeller. The...