US Patent Issued to Procyrion on Sept. 15 for "Non-occluding intravascular blood pump providing reduced hemolysis" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,054, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Procyrion Inc. (Houston).

"Non-occluding intravascular blood pump providing reduced hemolysis" was invented by Sascha Gross-Hardt (Aachen, Germany), Tim Kaufmann (Aachen, Germany), William L. Clifton (Houston), Benjamin A. Hertzog (Houston) and Jason J. Heuring (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-occluding intravascular pump comprises a shroud providing an inlet for incoming blood flow and an outlet for outgoing blood flow, wherein the shroud is a cylindrical housing; an impeller positioned within shroud, wherein a central axis of the shroud and impeller are shared; a motor coupled ...