Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pumping blood
- Patent Title (中): 抽血
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Application No.: US13273185Application Date: 2011-10-13
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Publication No.: US09265870B2Publication Date: 2016-02-23
- Inventor: Steven H. Reichenbach , Pieter W. C. J. le Blanc , Yi-Ren Woo , David Gary Eldridge , Stephen G. Briana , William V. Hodges , Eric Lee
- Applicant: Steven H. Reichenbach , Pieter W. C. J. le Blanc , Yi-Ren Woo , David Gary Eldridge , Stephen G. Briana , William V. Hodges , Eric Lee
- Applicant Address: US CA Pleasanton
- Assignee: THORATEC CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: THORATEC CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Pleasanton
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: A61M1/10
- IPC: A61M1/10 ; A61M1/12

Abstract:
A blood pump includes a rotor having a flared portion downstream proximate a downstream bearing that supports the rotor. The flared portion of the rotor includes a width greater than a width of an upstream portion of the rotor. A blood pump also includes a housing having an internal wall with a flared portion downstream of a motor stator and proximate a transverse outlet.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120095281A1 PUMPING BLOOD Public/Granted day:2012-04-19
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