Purge-free miniature rotary pump
AssigneeABIOMED, Inc.
InventorThorsten Siess
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for the circulation of blood using a purge-free miniature pump. In one embodiment, a pump is provided that may comprise a housing including a rotor and a stator within a drive unit. In this embodiment, the pump may establish a primary blood flow through the space between the drive unit and the housing and a secondary blood flow between the rotor and stator. In another embodiment, a pump establishes a primary blood flow outside the housing and a secondary blood flow between the rotor and stator. In yet another embodiment, a method is provided for introducing the pump into the body and circulating blood using the pump.
Claims7
A blood pump, comprising:
- a catheter-based housing;
- a drive unit, comprising a rotor and a stator, arranged coaxially within the housing;
- an impeller positioned at one end of the drive unit, connected to the rotor, and configured to create a primary blood flow;
- primary blood flow openings positioned in the housing downstream of the impeller to direct the primary blood flow outside of the housing;
- a secondary flow channel formed between the rotor and the stator and configured to allow blood to flow through the drive unit in a direction generally opposite to that of the primary blood flow;
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- secondary blood flow openings downstream of the primary blood flow openings, the secondary blood flow openings placing the secondary flow channel in fluid communication with the outside of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.