US Patent Issued to TC1 on June 2 for "Sheath system for catheter pump" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,954, issued on June 2, was assigned to TC1 LLC (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Sheath system for catheter pump" was invented by Richard L. Keenan (Livermore, Calif.), Keif M. Fitzgerald (San Jose, Calif.), Veronica J. Neiman (Union City, Calif.) and Phyllis Yuen (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter pump assembly is provided. The catheter pump assembly includes a proximal portion, a distal portion, a catheter body having a lumen extending along a longitudinal axis between the proximal and distal portions, an impeller disposed at the distal portion, and a stator disposed at a downstream location of the impeller to straighten f...