MUMBAI, India, June 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202417068194 A) filed by Abiomed, Inc., Danvers, U.S.A., on Sept. 10, 2024, for 'method of purging a blood pump.'

Inventor(s) include Corbet, Scott; Das, Soumen; Gilman, Vladimir; Ding, Jun; and Moretz, Jeremy.

The application for the patent was published on June 13, under issue no. 24/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Devices, system, and methods are provided based on a technique for purging a blood pump. The technique may include providing a blood pump having an impeller and providing a fluid comprising a bicarbonate. The technique may include flowing the fluid through a first gap between a bearing and a...