Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Heart assist device with expandable impeller pump
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Application No.: US15176620Application Date: 2016-06-08
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Publication No.: US09717833B2Publication Date: 2017-08-01
- Inventor: Mark W. McBride , David A. Boger , Robert L. Campbell , Gregory P. Dillon , Stephen A. Hambric , Robert F. Kunz , Boris Leschinsky , Thomas M. Mallison , James P. Runt , Justin M. Walsh
- Applicant: THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION , THORATEC CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: US PA University Park US CA Pleasanton
- Assignee: THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION,TC1 LLC
- Current Assignee: THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION,TC1 LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US PA University Park US CA Pleasanton
- Agency: Armstrong Teasdale LLP
- Main IPC: A61M1/22
- IPC: A61M1/22 ; A61M1/10 ; F04D29/52 ; F04D29/18 ; F04D3/00 ; A61M1/12 ; F04D29/24

Abstract:
An impeller includes a hub and a blade supported by the hub. The impeller has a stored configuration in which the blade is compressed so that its distal end moves towards the hub, and a deployed configuration in which the blade extends away from the hub. The impeller may be part of a pump for pumping fluids, such as blood, and may include a cannula having a proximal portion with a fixed diameter, and a distal portion with an expandable diameter. The impeller may reside in the expandable portion of the cannula. The cannula may have a compressed diameter which allows it to be inserted percutaneously into a patient. Once at a desired location, the expandable portion of the cannula may be expanded and the impeller expanded to the deployed configuration. A flexible drive shaft may extend through the cannula for rotationally driving the impeller within the patient.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160354525A1 HEART ASSIST DEVICE WITH EXPANDABLE IMPELLER PUMP Public/Granted day:2016-12-08
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