ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,091, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Levitronix GmbH (Zurich).

"Magnetic levitation device and a centrifugal pump" was invented by Marcel Stettler (Zofingen, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic levitation device includes a magnetically effective core and a stator including coil cores. Each coil core includes a longitudinal leg and a transverse leg at an end of the longitudinal leg. A concentrated winding surrounds each longitudinal leg. The stator has a cup-shaped recess to receive the rotor. The transverse legs are arranged around the cup-shaped recess. First and second holding device and a second holding device...