ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,146, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Flexible tip for transvalvular circulatory support device" was invented by Matthew Hart (Maple Grove, Minn.), Thomas P. Jancaric (Maple Grove, Minn.), Umang Anand (Plymouth, Minn.) and Matthew N. Frost (New Brighton, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various aspects of the present disclosure are directed towards apparatuses, systems, and methods that may include a blood pump. The blood pump may include a flexible distal tip having a distal end segment, an intermediate segment, and a proximal segment, each segment having various shapes and/...