ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,758, issued on April 14, was assigned to Shifamed Holdings LLC (Campbell, Calif.).
"Intravascular blood pumps, motors, and fluid control" was invented by Ari Ryan (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Danny Varghai (Campbell, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Intravascular blood pumps systems and methods of use. The blood pump system includes a catheter portion having a distal blood pump with one or more distal collapsible impellers. The system can include a clean purge fluid pathway to carry clean fluid distally to the blood pump and a purge fluid return pathway to carry return fluid proximally into an external motor and out a proximal end o...