ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,309, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Abiomed Europe GmbH (Aachen, Germany).
"Blood pump with reinforced catheter" was invented by Thorsten Siess (Aachen, Germany), Frank Kirchhoff (Aachen, Germany) and Walid Aboulhosn (Aachen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intravascular blood pump may have 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) may have a tubular stiffening structure (15) extending longitudinally between the proximal end (12) and the dista...