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US 2025/0050093 A1Published application
Intravascular blood pumps and methods of manufacture and use
AssigneeShifamed Holdings, LLC
InventorsMichael CALOMENI, Brian D. BRANDT, Daniel HILDEBRAND, Tom SAUL
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Abstract
Catheter blood pump that include an expandable pump portion extending distally from an elongate shaft. The pump portions include an expandable impeller housing including an expandable blood conduit that defines a blood lumen between an inflow and an outflow. The pump portions include one or more expandable impellers disposed at least partially within the blood lumen.
Claims21
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A catheter blood pump, comprising:
- an elongate shaft;
- an expandable pump portion extending distally from the elongate shaft, the pump portion including:
- an expandable impeller housing including an expandable blood conduit that defines a blood lumen between an inflow region and an outflow region;
- at least one impeller disposed at least partially within the blood lumen;
- a sensor wire secured to the expandable impeller housing and extending from a proximal end of the expandable impeller housing to a distal end of the expandable impeller housing;
- a distal sensor coupled to the sensor wire and disposed distal to a distal end of the expandable blood conduit;
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- a proximal sensor disposed near the outflow region.
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