US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Dec. 30 for "Percutaneous circulatory support system facilitating reduced hemolysis" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,416, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Percutaneous circulatory support system facilitating reduced hemolysis" was invented by Steven R. Larsen (Lino Lakes, Minn.) and Daniel H. VanCamp (Elk River, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A percutaneous circulatory support device includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet. A shaft is rotatably fixed relative to the housing. An impeller is disposed within the housing and is rotatably supported by the shaft. The impeller is configured to rotate relative to the shaft and the housing to cause blood to flow into the inlet, through th...