ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,228, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to KARDION GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Impeller for an implantable, vascular support system" was invented by Armin Schuelke (Aidlingen, Germany), Ingo Stotz (Ditzingen, Germany), Johannes Bette (Leonberg, Germany) and David Minzenmay (Stuttgart, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an impeller (1) for an implantable, vascular support system (2), at least comprising: -an impeller body (3) having a first longitudinal portion (4) and a second longitudinal portion (5); -at least one blade (6) formed in the first longitudinal portion (4) and designed to axially convey a fluid...