ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,415, issued on April 7, was assigned to TC1 LLC (St. Paul, Minn.).
"Distal bearing support" was invented by Richard L. Keenan (Livermore, Calif.) and Keif M. Fitzgerald (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various embodiments, a catheter pump is disclosed herein. The catheter pump can include an elongated catheter body having a distal portion including an expandable cannula having an inlet and an outlet. The expandable cannula can have a delivery profile and an operational profile larger than the delivery profile. An impeller assembly can include an impeller shaft, and an impeller body can include one or more blades. T...