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US 2026/0199658 A1Published application
Impeller for catheter pump
AssigneeTc1 LLC
InventorsZijing Zeng, Phyllis Yuen, Michael R. Butler
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Abstract
An impeller for a pump is disclosed herein. The impeller can include a hub having a fixed end and a free end. The impeller can also have a plurality of blades supported by the hub. Each blade can have a fixed end coupled to the hub and a free end. The impeller can have a stored configuration and a deployed configuration, the blades in the deployed configuration extending away from the hub, and the blades in the stored configuration being compressed against the hub.
Claims21
-20. (canceled)
An impeller for a catheter pump, the impeller comprising:
- a hub;
- and
- a self-expandable blade supported by the hub and being transitionable between a stored configuration and a deployed configuration, wherein the blade lies against the hub in the stored configuration and extends away from the hub in the deployed configuration, wherein the blade has an asymmetric characteristic that biases the blade to collapse toward the stored configuration.
A catheter pump comprising:
- a catheter;
- and
- an impeller mounted at an end of the catheter, the impeller comprising:
- a hub;
- and
- a self-expandable blade supported by the hub and being transitionable between a stored configuration and a deployed configuration, wherein the blade lies against the hub in the stored configuration and extends away from the hub in the deployed configuration, wherein the blade has an asymmetric characteristic that biases the blade to collapse toward the stored configuration.
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