ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,746, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TC1 LLC (St. Paul, Minn.).
"Axial flow blood pump" was invented by Onur Dur (Milpitas, Calif.) and Kevin Bourque (Reading, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention generally relates to improved medical blood pump devices, systems, and methods. For example, blood pumps may be provided that include a housing defining a blood flow path between an inlet and an outlet. A rotor may be positioned in the blood flow path. A motor stator may be driven to rotate the rotor to provide the blood flow through the pump. Axial and/or tilt stabilization components may be provided to increase an axial a...