ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,851, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Magenta Medical Ltd (Kadima, Israel).
"Impeller for blood pump" was invented by Ehud Schwammenthal (Ra'anana, Israel), Yosi Tuval (Even Yehuda, Israel) and Daniel Glozman (Kfar Yona, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods are described including an impeller for use in a blood pump. An impeller frame includes proximal and distal end portions and at least one helical elongate element that winds from the proximal end portion to the distal end portion. A material is coupled to the helical elongate element, such that the helical elongate element with the material coupled there...