ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,724, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Abiomed Europe GmbH (Aachen, Germany).
"Method of manufacturing a blood pump" was invented by Frank Kirchhoff (Aachen, Germany), Josef Penners (Aachen, Germany), Thorsten Siess (Aachen, Germany), Werner Carell (Aachen, Germany) and Wolfgang Kerkhoffs (Aachen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intravascular blood pump comprises a pumping device including an impeller and an electric motor for driving the impeller. A rotor of the electric motor is rotatable about an axis of rotation and coupled to the impeller so as to be able to cause rotation of the impeller. An outer sleeve forms a casi...