ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,152, issued on June 10, was assigned to KOC UNIVERSITESI (Istanbul).
"Unibody axial pump" was invented by Ismail Lazoglu (Istanbul), Aamir Shahzad (Istanbul) and Shaheryar Atta Khan (Istanbul).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bladeless impeller and a bladeless axial pump having such an impeller, wherein the impeller has at least one rigid body suitable for rotating around at least one axis of rotation, and at least one helical groove located in the body, forming a passage between two parts of the body."
The patent was filed on Dec. 31, 2020, under Application No. 18/269,560.
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