ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,551, issued on June 3, was assigned to ABIOMED INC. (Danvers, Mass.).
"Cannula having nitinol reinforced inflow region" was invented by Emilia Jahangir (Danvers, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intravascular heart pump assembly can include a rotor with at least one impeller blade, and a cannula. The present application describes various cannulas that can be manufactured from multiple layers of material to improve flexibility, manufacturability, and durability without increasing an outer diameter of the cannula. In one embodiment, the cannula includes an inflow section having a sheet formed of a shape memory material embedded w...