US Patent Issued to ECP Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH on July 29 for "Compressible and expandable blade for a fluid pump" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,092, issued on July 29, was assigned to ECP Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (Aachen, Germany).

"Compressible and expandable blade for a fluid pump" was invented by Thomas Toellner (Aachen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a compressible and expandable blade for the rotor of a fluid pump having at least two lamellae which are disposed adjacently, are pivo table respectively relative to an axis of rotation of the rotor and moveable relative to each other, and abut against each other in the expanded state of the blade such that they form together a continuous blade surface."

The patent was filed on April 19,...