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US 2022/0323743 A1Published application
Blood pump
OwnerGino Morelloinventor
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Abstract
A self-contained peristaltic pump includes a flexible flow conduit with a plurality of circumferential and/or longitudinal shapechange elements distributed longitudinally and/or transversely along the longitudinal axis of the flow conduit. The activations of the shapechange elements result in the positive displacement of fluid in the anterograde direction (i.e. from the anterior end of the pump to the posterior end).
Claims20
A pump, comprising:
- a flexible tubular flow conduit having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet configured to attach to a first portion of a heart, the outlet configured to attach to a second portion of a heart;
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- an actuator including a shapechange element configured to selectively deform the flow conduit in response to a received actuation signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.