ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,485, issued on May 26, was assigned to Shifamed Holdings LLC (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Catheter blood pumps" was invented by Ari Ryan (San Jose, Calif.), Crissly Crisostomo (Campbell, Calif.), Shayan Assani (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Daniel Varghai (Scotts Valley, Calif.) and Ha Luong (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Catheter blood pumps that include an expandable pump portion. The pump portions include a collapsible blood conduit that defines a blood lumen. The collapsible blood conduits include a collapsible scaffold adapted to provide radial support to the blood conduit. The pump portion also includes one or more impellers....