ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,301, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to ECP Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (Aachen, Germany).
"Pump, in particular a blood pump" was invented by Thorsten Siess (Aachen, Germany), Mario Scheckel (Aachen, Germany) and Jorg Schumacher (Aachen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The application relates to a pump, in particular blood pump. The pump comprises a drive shaft (3) which runs in an axial direction, a delivery element (6) which is connected to the drive shaft (3) in a distal region of this, and a housing (5) which surrounds the delivery element (6). The delivery element (6) and the housing (5) are designed in a manner such t...