DELIVERY TUBE WITH BRAID
    73.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240285928A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-29

    申请号:US18635292

    申请日:2024-04-15

    CPC classification number: A61M60/237 A61M60/174 A61M60/857

    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided, including inserting an impeller and a delivery tube into a subject's body, the delivery tube including a braid having a pick density that varies along the delivery tube's length such that a flexural rigidity of the delivery tube at a first portion of the delivery tube is less than the flexural rigidity at a second portion of the delivery tube, and the flexural rigidity at the second portion is less than the flexural rigidity at a third portion of the delivery tube. The impeller and delivery tube are positioned such that the impeller is disposed within the subject's left ventricle and the delivery tube passes the subject's aorta into the left ventricle. Using a drive cable, which passes through the delivery tube, the impeller is rotated so as to pump blood from the left ventricle into the aorta. Other applications are also described.

    PUMP-OUTLET TUBE WITH SECTIONS
    76.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240252808A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-01

    申请号:US18632557

    申请日:2024-04-11

    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described including a left-ventricular assist device that includes a pump-outlet tube shaped to define one or more laterally-facing blood-outlet openings and including a first section and a second section that overlap one another between the laterally-facing blood-outlet openings. The pump-outlet tube is configured for insertion, through an aorta of a subject, into a left ventricle of a heart of the subject such that the pump-outlet tube traverses an aortic valve of the subject with the lateral blood-outlet openings being disposed within the aorta. An impeller is disposed within the first section of the pump-outlet tube and is configured to pump blood of the subject, through the laterally-facing blood-outlet openings, from the left ventricle into the aorta. Other applications are also described.

    BLOOD PUMP HOUSING
    79.
    发明公开
    BLOOD PUMP HOUSING 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230233836A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-27

    申请号:US18122456

    申请日:2023-03-16

    CPC classification number: A61M60/237 A61M60/148 A61M60/205

    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described for manufacturing a housing for an impeller of a blood pump. A frame is treated in order to enhance bonding between an inner surface of the frame and an inner lining. Subsequently, the inner lining is coupled to the inner surface of the frame along at least a portion of a central cylindrical portion of the frame. Subsequent to coupling the inner lining to the inner surface of the frame along at least a portion of the central cylindrical portion of the frame, a portion of an elongate tube is placed around at least a portion of the frame. While heating the inner lining, the frame, and the portion of the elongate tube, pressure is applied such as to cause the portion of the elongate tube to become coupled to the frame. Other applications are also described.

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