US Patent Issued to Shifamed Holdings on July 29 for "Intravascular blood pumps and methods of use and manufacture" (California, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,358, issued on July 29, was assigned to Shifamed Holdings LLC (Campbell, Calif.).

"Intravascular blood pumps and methods of use and manufacture" was invented by Amr Salahieh (Saratoga, Calif.), Tom Saul (Portland, Ore.), Brady Esch (San Jose, Calif.), Anna Kerlo (Milpitas, Calif.), Daniel Hildebrand (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and Daniel Varghai (Scotts Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices for moving blood within a patient, and methods of doing so. The devices can include a pump portion that includes an impeller and a housing around the impeller, as well as a fluid lumen. The impeller can be activated to cause rotation of t...