LOCKING UNIT FOR VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20250114593A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-10

    申请号:US18933759

    申请日:2024-10-31

    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are described including a delivery catheter and a delivery tube configured to extend from outside a subject's body into the subject's left ventricle via the delivery catheter. A locking unit is configured to couple to a proximal end of the delivery catheter and the delivery tube is configured to pass through the locking unit. The locking unit includes at least one internal seal configured to surround the delivery tube and to inhibit backflow of blood of the subject, from the delivery catheter, through the locking unit. The locking unit also includes a clip, which has only two states, which consist of a closed state, in which the clip grips the delivery tube so as to inhibit movement of the delivery tube relative to the delivery catheter, and an open state, in which the clip does not grip the delivery tube. Other applications are also described.

    IMPELLER BLADES
    4.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20250065104A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-27

    申请号:US18933729

    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, which includes a proximal bushing disposed over the axial shaft, a distal bushing disposed over the axial shaft distally from the proximal bushing, and one or more blades. Each of the blades includes a single inner helical elongate element, a single outer helical elongate element, and a film of material extending between the inner helical elongate element and the outer helical elongate element. The blades are proximally coupled to the proximal bushing and distally coupled to the distal bushing such that, as the axial shaft rotates, the blades rotate, thereby pumping blood of the subject. Other applications are also described.

    BEARING TUBE
    7.
    发明公开
    BEARING TUBE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240261562A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-08

    申请号:US18635286

    申请日:2024-04-15

    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided, including inserting a drive-cable-bearing tube, which includes one or more inwardly-facing ceramic portions, into a body of a subject and through an aorta of the subject, such that the inwardly-facing ceramic portions are within an aortic arch of the subject, while a drive cable, which is coupled to an intracorporeal device at a distal end of the drive-cable-bearing tube and includes one or more outwardly-facing ceramic portions, passes through the drive-cable-bearing tube such that the outwardly-facing ceramic portions are aligned with the inwardly-facing ceramic portions. The drive cable is rotated within the drive-cable-bearing tube, thereby rotating the intracorporeal device, while the outwardly-facing ceramic portions are aligned with the inwardly-facing ceramic portions. Other applications are also described.

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