ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,850, issued on July 22, was assigned to Abiomed Europe GmbH (Aachen, Germany).
"Blood pump" was invented by Thorsten Siess (Aachen, Germany) and Walid Aboulhosn (Aachen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blood pump comprises a pump casing having a blood flow inlet and a blood flow outlet, and an impeller arranged in said pump casing so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation. The impeller has blades sized and shaped for conveying blood from the blood flow inlet to the blood flow outlet. The blood pump also has an outflow cannula having an upstream end portion, a downstream end portion and an intermediate portion extending...