US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Dec. 9 for "Percutaneous circulatory support device including proximal pressure sensor" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,355, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Percutaneous circulatory support device including proximal pressure sensor" was invented by Darrin Dale Beekman (Osseo, Minn.), Lloyd Radman (Blaine, Minn.), Brett Struthers (Victoria, Minn.) and Maren Landree (Medina, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A percutaneous circulatory support device includes a housing and an impeller disposed within the housing. The impeller is configured to rotate relative to the housing to cause blood to flow through the housing. A motor is operably coupled to the impeller, and the motor is configured to rotate ...