ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,680, issued on May 20, was assigned to Abiomed Europe GmbH (Aachen, Germany).
"Blood pump" was invented by Thorsten Siess (Aachen, Germany), Walid Aboulhosn (Aachen, Germany), Frank Kirchhoff (Aachen, Germany), Christoph Nix (Aachen, Germany) and Gerd Bruno Spanier (Aachen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blood pump comprises a pump section and a flow cannula. A proximal end portion of the flow cannula is connected to the pump section such that blood can enter the blood flow inlet, and a distal end portion of the flow cannula includes at least one blood flow-through opening for blood to enter the flow cannula. The distal end...