ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,688, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to TC1 LLC (St. Paul, Minn.).
"Heart pump providing adjustable outflow" was invented by Paul F. Muller (San Carlos, Calif.) and Keif M. Fitzgerald (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heart pump includes a cannula having a sidewall defining a longitudinal blood flow passage and a plurality of outlets extending through the sidewall. A rotatable impeller hub includes at least one impeller blade, wherein the at least one impeller blade is shaped to convey blood through the blood flow passage toward the plurality of outlets when the impeller hub is rotated at an operational speed. A diff...