ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,744, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to KARDION GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Impeller housing 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 housing (1) for an implantable, vascular support system (2), at least comprising: an impeller housing body (3) having a first longitudinal portion (4) and a second longitudinal portion (5); -at least one holder (8), which is disposed in the first longitudinal portion (4), w...