US Patent Issued to ECP Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH on Jan. 13 for "Rotor for a fluid pump, and method and mold for manufacturing same" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,233, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to ECP Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (Aachen, Germany).

"Rotor for a fluid pump, and method and mold for manufacturing same" was invented by Thorsten Siess (Aachen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a rotor for a compressible fluid pump, in particular a blood pump that can be introduced into a patient's body through a blood vessel; said rotor comprises one or more impeller elements, is compressible and expansible between an expanded state and a compressed state, is made at least in part of a fiber-reinforced plastic material, is provided for rotating about an axis of rotation, and...