Transcatheter implantable blood pump and methods therefor

Abstract

A transcatheter blood pump implantable within a subject's lumen defined by a subject's lumen wall. The transcatheter blood pump includes an impeller having an axis of rotation, a shroud having a first shroud end portion, a second shroud end portion, and a shroud internal passage extending between the first shroud end portion and the second shroud end portion, the impeller disposed within the shroud internal passage, an electric motor configured to rotate the impeller, the electric motor having a first motor end portion and a second motor end portion, the first motor end portion coupled to the second shroud end portion, and an electric driveline configured to transmit operating power to the electric motor to rotate the impeller. The electric driveline extends along at least one of the shroud and the electric motor and is coupled thereto.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.