US Patent Issued to Venstramedical on July 1 for "Intracardiac percutaneous pump for circulatory support and related systems and methods" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,516, issued on July 1, was assigned to Venstramedical Pty Ltd. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

"Intracardiac percutaneous pump for circulatory support and related systems and methods" was invented by Martin Cook (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device comprises an implantable blood pump receivable in a sheath for percutaneous delivery. The implantable blood pump comprises a collapsible impeller mounted in a collapsible impeller cage, and a drive device mounted in a housing. The housing is in connection between a first end of a catheter and the collapsible impeller cage. The drive device is adapted for rotating the collapsi...