US Patent Issued to ECP ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH on June 24 for "External drive unit for an implantable heart assist pump" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,126, issued on June 24, was assigned to ECP ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH (Aachen, Germany).

"External drive unit for an implantable heart assist pump" was invented by Joerg Schumacher (Teltow, Germany), Gerd Spanier (Aachen, Germany), Thorsten Siess (Aachen, Germany), Maxim Daschewski (Berlin) and Jim-Po Wang (Danvers, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The application relates to an external drive unit (7) for an implantable heart assist pump. The proposed drive unit (7) comprises a motor (35) for driving the heart assist pump, wherein the motor (35) is connectable to the heart assist pump via a transcutaneous drive shaft (3). The ...