ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,845, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SUPIRA MEDICAL. INC. (Los Gatos, Calif.).
"Catheter blood pump distal bearing assemblies" was invented by Ari Ryan (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Shayan Assani (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Daniel Varghai (Scotts Valley, Calif.) and Crissly Crisostomo (Campbell, 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."
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