ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,537, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Abiomed Europe GmbH (Aachen, Germany).
"Blood pump with reinforced catheter" was invented by Thorsten Siess (Aachen, Germany) and Frank Kirchhoff (Aachen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intravascular blood pump for percutaneous insertion comprises a catheter (10) and a pumping device (1) attached to the catheter (10). The catheter (10) extends along a longitudinal axis and has a distal end (11) and a proximal end (12) opposite the distal end (11). The catheter (10) comprises an elongate stiffening structure (15) extending continuously longitudinally along the length of the catheter (...