ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,676, issued on May 6, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).
"Blood pump shaft bearing" was invented by Laszlo T. Farago (Hudson, Wis.), Daniel H. VanCamp (Elk River, Minn.), Benjamin Breidall (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Joseph A. Kronstedt (New Hope, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blood pump includes an impeller; a drive shaft coupled to the impeller and configured to rotate with the impeller; a motor configured to drive the impeller; and a bearing assembly disposed adjacent the motor and configured to receive an end of the drive shaft. The bearing assembly includes a bearing, where the end of the ...