ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,351, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Supira Medical Inc. (Los Gatos, Calif.).
"Catheter blood pump delivery, guiding systems and methods of use" was invented by Ari Ryan (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Michael Calomeni (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Catheter blood pumps that include a pump portion with an impeller. The blood pumps include an axially extendable member with a distal end that is disposed further distally than the distal end of the impeller, and a guide member extending through the pump portion and axially moveable relative to the pump portion, the guide member inoperable axial communication with the exten...