IMPELLER HOUSING
    32.
    发明申请
    IMPELLER HOUSING 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20200237985A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-30

    申请号:US16810172

    申请日:2020-03-05

    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described including manufacturing a housing for an impeller of a blood pump by placing an inner lining around a mandrel, placing a cylindrical portion of a frame around the inner lining, and placing a distal portion of an elongate tube around a portion of the frame. While the distal portion of the elongate tube is disposed around the portion of the frame, the inner lining, the frame, and the distal portion of the elongate tube are heated, via the mandrel, and pressure is applied from outside the distal portion of the elongate tube, such as to cause the distal portion of the elongate tube to conform with a structure of the struts of the frame, and to cause the inner lining and the distal portion of the elongate tube to become coupled to the frame. Other applications are also described.

    TUBE FOR A VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20210038794A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-11

    申请号:US17078472

    申请日:2020-10-23

    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described including a ventricular assist device that includes a tube. A proximal portion of the tube traverses a subject's aortic valve, and a distal portion of the tube is disposed within the subject's left ventricle. A blood pump is disposed within the distal portion of the tube and pumps blood through the tube from the subject's left ventricle to the subject's aorta, by pumping the blood into the tube via one or more blood inlet openings that are defined by the tube and that are configured to be disposed within the subject's left ventricle, and by pumping blood out of the tube via one or more blood outlet openings that are defined by the tube and that are configured to be disposed within the subject's aorta. The one or more blood outlet openings have teardrop shapes. Other applications are also described.

    FRAME FOR BLOOD PUMP
    40.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200237984A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-30

    申请号:US16810121

    申请日:2020-03-05

    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described including a blood pump that includes an impeller configured to pump blood through a subject's body, and a frame disposed around the impeller. The frame defines struts having a structure that is such that, as the frame transitions from a proximal end of the frame toward a center of the frame, the struts pass through junctions, at which the two struts branch from a single strut, in a Y-shape. The structure of the struts of the frame is configured such that, in response to a distal end of a delivery catheter and the frame being moved into overlapping positions with respect to each other, the frame assumes a radially-constrained configuration by becoming axially elongated, and the frame causes the impeller to assume a radially-constrained configuration by becoming axially elongated. Other applications are also described.

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