# US 2026/0061183 A1 · Percutaneous circulatory support device including proximal pressure sensor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2026/0061183 A1 - Document ID: US20260061183A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 19/385,402 - Filed: 2025-11-11 - Published: 2026-03-05 - Earliest claimed: 2021-11-16 - Assignees: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. - Applicants: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. - Inventors: Darrin Dale Beekman; Lloyd Radman; Brett Struthers; Maren Landree - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260061183A1 ## CPC - A61B 5/0215: by means inserted into the body - A61M 60/414: transmitted by a rotating cable, e.g. for blood pumps mounted on a catheter - A61B 5/6852: {Catheters} - A61M 60/13: by means of a catheter allowing explantation, e.g. catheter pumps temporarily introduced via the vascular system - A61M 60/221: the blood flow through the rotating member having both radial and axial components, e.g. mixed flow pumps - A61M 60/419: the force acting on the blood contacting member being permanent magnetic, e.g. from a rotating magnetic coupling between driving and driven magnets - A61M 60/531: using blood pressure data, e.g. from blood pressure sensors - A61M 60/816: Sensors arranged on or in the housing, e.g. ultrasonic flow sensors - A61B 2562/0247: Pressure sensors - A61M 2205/3331: Pressure; Flow - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract A percutaneous circulatory support device includes a housing and an impeller disposed within the housing. The impeller is configured to rotate relative to the housing to cause blood to flow through the housing. A motor is operably coupled to the impeller, and the motor is configured to rotate the impeller relative to the housing. A catheter is coupled to the motor, and a pressure sensor is coupled to the catheter and disposed proximally relative to the housing. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A percutaneous circulatory support device, comprising: a housing comprising an inlet and an outlet; an impeller disposed within the housing, the impeller configured to rotate relative to the housing to cause blood to flow into the inlet, through the housing, and out of the outlet; a motor operably coupled to the impeller, the motor configured to rotate the impeller relative to the housing; a catheter coupled to the motor; a sensor housing coupled to the catheter and disposed proximally relative to the motor, the sensor housing having a wall defining an internal chamber; a pressure sensor disposed within the internal chamber; and a sensor mount positioned within the internal chamber, the sensor mount supporting the pressure sensor such that the pressure sensor is spaced apart from the wall of the sensor housing. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The percutaneous circulatory support device of claim 1, wherein the sensor housing includes a distally facing aperture. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The percutaneous circulatory support device of claim 1, wherein the sensor housing further includes a transversely-facing aperture. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The percutaneous circulatory support device of claim 3, wherein a distal end of the pressure sensor is positioned distal of a proximal end of the transversely-facing aperture. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The percutaneous circulatory support device of claim 4, wherein the distal end of the pressure sensor is positioned proximal of a distal end of the transversely-facing aperture. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The percutaneous circulatory support device of claim 1, further comprising an outer jacket securing the sensor housing to the catheter. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The percutaneous circulatory support device of claim 1, further comprising an adhesive securing the sensor housing to the catheter. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The percutaneous circulatory support device of claim 1, wherein the pressure sensor comprises one of an optical pressure sensor and an electrical pressure sensor. ### Claim 9 A percutaneous circulatory support device, comprising: a housing comprising an inlet and an outlet; an impeller disposed within the housing, the impeller configured to rotate relative to the housing to cause blood to flow into the inlet, through the housing, and out of the outlet; a motor operably coupled to the impeller, the motor configured to rotate the impeller relative to the housing; a catheter coupled to the motor; a sensor housing coupled to the catheter and disposed proximally relative to the motor, the sensor housing having a wall defining an internal chamber and a transversely-facing aperture extending through the wall; a pressure sensor disposed within the internal chamber such that the wall is spaced radially outward of the pressure sensor. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The percutaneous circulatory support device of claim 9, wherein a distal end of the pressure sensor is positioned distal of a proximal end of the transversely-facing aperture. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The percutaneous circulatory support device of claim 10, wherein the distal end of the pressure sensor is positioned proximal of a distal end of the transversely-facing aperture. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The percutaneous circulatory support device of claim 9, wherein the pressure sensor is supported within the chamber by a sensor mount. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The percutaneous circulatory support device of claim 9, further comprising an outer jacket securing the sensor housing to the catheter. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The percutaneous circulatory support device of claim 9, further comprising an adhesive securing the sensor housing to the catheter. ### Claim 15 A percutaneous circulatory support device, comprising: a housing comprising an inlet and an outlet; an impeller disposed within the housing, the impeller configured to rotate relative to the housing to cause blood to flow into the inlet, through the housing, and out of the outlet; a motor operably coupled to the impeller, the motor configured to rotate the impeller relative to the housing; a catheter coupled to the motor; a sensor housing coupled to the catheter and disposed proximally relative to the motor, the sensor housing having a wall defining an internal chamber, a transversely-facing aperture extending through the wall, and a distally-facing aperture; a pressure sensor disposed within the internal chamber such that blood flow through the internal chamber from the distally-facing aperture to the transversely-facing aperture impinges on the pressure sensor. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The percutaneous circulatory support device of claim 15, wherein a distal end of the pressure sensor is positioned distal of a proximal end of the transversely-facing aperture. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The percutaneous circulatory support device of claim 16, wherein the distal end of the pressure sensor is positioned proximal of a distal end of the transversely-facing aperture. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The percutaneous circulatory support device of claim 15, wherein the pressure sensor is supported within the chamber by a sensor mount. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The percutaneous circulatory support device of claim 15, further comprising an outer jacket securing the sensor housing to the catheter. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The percutaneous circulatory support device of claim 15, further comprising an adhesive securing the sensor housing to the catheter.