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US 2026/0295236 A1Published application
Drive shaft cover with a heat conducting part
AssigneeEcp Entwicklungsgesellschaft Mbh
InventorsMario Scheckel, Robert Decke, Joerg Schumacher
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Abstract
The application relates to a catheter device with a distal bearing for bearing a distal end of a drive shaft. The distal bearing comprises a heat conducting part for enabling heat transfer away from the distal bearing and/or a spiral sleeve for receiving the distant end of the drive shaft.
Claims39
A catheter device, comprising:
- a rotor located at the distal end region of the catheter device;
- a drive shaft extending from a driving region of the catheter device to the distal end region of the catheter device;
- a distal bearing for bearing a distal end of the drive shaft;
- and
- wherein
- the distal bearing comprises a heat conducting part configured to enable heat transfer away from the distal bearing.
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A catheter device, comprising:
- a rotor located at the distal end region of the catheter device;
- a drive shaft extending from a driving region of the catheter device to the distal end region of the catheter device;
- a distal bearing for bearing a distal end of the drive shaft;
- and
- wherein
- the distal bearing comprises a spiral sleeve with a winding, configured for rotatably mounting the distal end of the drive shaft inside the spiral sleeve.
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A catheter device, comprising:
- a rotor located at the distal end region of the catheter device;
- a drive shaft extending from a driving region of the catheter device to the distal end region of the catheter device;
- a distal bearing for bearing a distal end of the drive shaft;
- wherein
- the distal bearing comprises a spiral sleeve with a winding, configured for rotatably mounting the distal end of the drive shaft inside the spiral sleeve;
- and wherein the spiral sleeve or a flexible tube, which is provided around a portion of the outside of the spiral sleeve, is at least in part in contact, with a heat conducting part, the heat conducting part being configured to enable heat transfer away from the distal bearing and/or the spiral sleeve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.