US Patent Issued to ECP ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH on May 27 for "Catheter pump arrangement and flexible shaft arrangement having a core" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,113, issued on May 27, was assigned to ECP ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH (Aachen, Germany).

"Catheter pump arrangement and flexible shaft arrangement having a core" was invented by Daniel Roehn (Berlin) and Reiner Liebing (Potsdam, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible shaft arrangement is described herein having a flexible hollow shaft (1, 2) which has an end at the drive side and an end at the output side, wherein the hollow shaft is reinforced sectionally between these ends by a core (3, 4) extending in its interior. Stiffer and more flexible sections can hereby be selectively positioned within the shaft arrangement." ...