ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,197, issued on July 7, was assigned to Supira Medical Inc. (Los Gatos, Calif.).
"Catheter blood pumps and external fluid control consoles" was invented by Joshua Wallin (San Jose, Calif.), Adnan Merchant (Fremont, Calif.), Gerald Lyons (Saratoga, Calif.), Bertold Engler (Munich), Tom Peach (Milan), Andrea Besana (Campbell, Calif.) and James Luther (Minneapolis).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Intravascular blood pumps and methods of use. The fluid system can be configured to pump fluid to a sheath portion and a catheter portion of a catheter blood pump. The fluid system can include a console having one or more pumps for providing fluid ...