公开(公告)号：US20170157308A1

公开(公告)日：2017-06-08

申请号：US15406078

申请日：2017-01-13

Applicant: HeartWare, Inc.

Inventor： Dan TAMEZ ,  Neil VOSKOBOYNIKOV

IPC: A61M1/10 ,  A61M1/12

CPC classification number: A61M1/1086 ,  A61M1/10 ,  A61M1/1008 ,  A61M1/101 ,  A61M1/1031 ,  A61M1/1036 ,  A61M1/122 ,  A61M2205/0211 ,  A61M2205/3334 ,  A61M2205/3375

Abstract: A blood pump with an integrated flow sensor is provided. The blood pump may include an implantable pump for pumping blood having a housing, a flow path extending within the housing and at least one movable element within the housing for impelling blood along the flow path and a sensor for measuring the flow rate of blood through the pump. According to one embodiment, the sensor may be mounted to the housing of the pump. In accordance with a further embodiment, the housing may have an exterior surface defining a cavity, and the sensor may be located within the cavity.