US Patent Issued to B. Braun Avitum on Dec. 30 for "Attachment and securing device of the rotor of a peristaltic blood pump" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,357, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to B. Braun Avitum AG (Melsungen, Germany).

"Attachment and securing device of the rotor of a peristaltic blood pump" was invented by Sebastian Horschke (Hessisch Lichtenau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotation unit includes a drive shaft and rotor of a peristaltic pump. The drive shaft attaches a rotor of the blood pump, extends along a central axis, and has a head delimited by a groove. A sliding section is arranged on the head. The rotation unit includes the drive shaft and the rotor with tube rollers which is attachable to the drive shaft. The groove has a flank arranged perpendic...