ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,748, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Supira Medical Inc. (Los Gatos, Calif.).
"Catheter blood pumps and collapsible pump housings" was invented by Michael Calomeni (San Jose, Calif.), Brian D. Brandt (Morgan Hill, Calif.), Daniel Hildebrand (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and Gregory Michael Hamel (Redwood City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Catheter blood pumps that include an expandable pump portion. The pump portions include an collapsible blood conduit that defines a blood lumen. The collapsible blood conduits include a collapsible scaffold adapted to provide radial support to the blood conduit. The pump portion also includes one...