AXIAL SHAFT FOR BLOOD PUMP
    2.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20250073445A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-03-06

    申请号:US18933745

    申请日:2024-10-31

    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described including a blood pump that includes an axial shaft configured for insertion into, and rotation within, a subject's body. The blood pump also includes an impeller coupled to the axial shaft such that, as the axial shaft rotates, the impeller pumps blood of the subject. Proximal and distal radial bearings surround the axial shaft and are configured to radially stabilize the axial shaft while the axial shaft rotates. Proximal and distal sleeves, which are less flexible than the axial shaft, are disposed around the axial shaft, such that the proximal and distal sleeves contact the proximal and distal radial bearings, respectively, as the axial shaft rotates. A ratio between a length of the axial shaft and a combined length of the proximal sleeve and distal sleeve is between 2:1 and 6:1. Other applications are also described.

    DELIVERY TUBE WITH BRAID
    3.
    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
    6.
    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.

    CURVED TIP FOR BLOOD PUMP
    10.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240277991A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-22

    申请号:US18640260

    申请日:2024-04-19

    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described including a blood pump that includes an axial shaft configured for insertion into, and rotation within, a left ventricle of a subject, and an impeller coupled to the axial shaft such that, as the axial shaft rotates, the impeller pumps blood from the left ventricle. A frame surrounds the impeller and a tip portion is coupled to a distal end of the frame. The tip portion includes a distal curved portion, which, when deployed within the left ventricle, lies in a plane, and a proximal curved portion, which, when deployed within the left ventricle, does not lie in the plane and is curved such that, following the insertion of the axial shaft into the left ventricle via an aorta of the subject, a distal end of the proximal curved portion points toward an apex of the left ventricle. Other applications are also described.

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