US Patent Issued to ECP ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH on Nov. 18 for "Catheter device comprising a separating device for retaining magnetic particles contained in a fluid and protection device for a functional element" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,342, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to ECP ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH (Aachen, Germany).

"Catheter device comprising a separating device for retaining magnetic particles contained in a fluid and protection device for a functional element" was invented by Sami Er (Aachen, Germany), Cornelia Simon (Aachen, Germany), Joerg Schumacher (Aachen, Germany) and Reiner Liebing (Aachen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catheter device having a catheter (24) in which a rotating shaft (25) which is made at least partially from a magnetic material is arranged, and a separating device which contains a housing (27) surrounding the rotatin...