ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,799, issued on July 22, was assigned to ABIOMED EUROPE GMBH (Aachen, Germany).
"Blood pump with flow cannula" was invented by Thorsten Siess (Aachen, Germany), Gerd Spanier (Aachen, Germany) and Walid Aboulhosn (Aachen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blood pump for supporting a patient's heart includes a flow cannula having a distal portion including a distal end and a proximal portion including a proximal end opposite the distal end, the distal end of the flow cannula configured to be connected to the patient's heart or a blood vessel to establish fluid communication between the blood pump and the patient's heart and blood...