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James P Runt

Boris Leschinsky

Mark W McBride

Robert L Campbell

Thomas M Mallison

Robert F Kunz

Justin M Walsh

David A Boger

Gregory P Dillon

Stephen A Hambric

Qiming Zhang

Yash Thakur

Tian Zhang

Steven A Hambric

A catheter blood pump includes a cannula with an expandable central portion having a proximal end, a distal end and a blood flow conduit therebetween. A flexible inlet portion at the distal end is provided with a plurality of spaced apart inlet struts configured to prevent an obstruction from entering, and a flexible outlet portion is provided with a plurality of spaced apart outlet struts operative to reduce a swirl velocity of blood, wherein the plurality of spaced apart inlet struts and the plurality of spaced apart outlet struts are fabricated from a collapsible shape memory material.

Catheter blood pump heart assist device

An impeller includes a hub and a blade supported by the hub. The impeller has a stored configuration in which the blade is compressed so that its distal end moves towards the hub, and a deployed configuration in which the blade extends away from the hub. The impeller may be part of a pump for pumping fluids, such as blood, and may include a cannula having a proximal portion with a fixed diameter, and a distal portion with an expandable diameter. The impeller may reside in the expandable portion of the cannula. The cannula may have a compressed diameter which allows it to be inserted percutaneously into a patient. Once at a desired location, the expandable portion of the cannula may be expanded and the impeller expanded to the deployed configuration. A flexible drive shaft may extend through the cannula for rotationally driving the impeller within the patient.

Heart assist device with expandable impeller pump

An impeller includes a hub, and a plurality of blades supported by the hub, the blades being arranged in at least two blade rows. The impeller has a deployed configuration in which the blades extend away from the hub, and a stored configuration in which at least one of the blades is radially compressed, for example by folding the blade towards the hub. The impeller may also have an operational configuration in which at least some of the blades are deformed from the deployed configuration upon rotation of the impeller when in the deployed configuration. The outer edge of one or more blades may have a winglet, and the base of the blades may have an associated indentation to facilitate folding of the blades.

Expandable impeller pump

Dielectric capacitors including dielectric compositions with high dielectric constant, low dielectric loss, and high thermal stability are disclosed. The dielectric compositions can include a dipolar polymer having a high glass transition temperature (e.g., T&#x3e;150&#xb0; C.) in combination with either (i) another dipolar polymer having a high glass transition temperature (e.g., T&#x2265;150&#xb0; C.) in the form of a blend, or (ii) the dipolar polymer with an inorganic interfacial agent volume content less than 2 vol % in the dielectric composition.

Thin film capacitors

An impeller includes a hub and at least one blade supported by the hub. The impeller has a stored configuration in which the blade is compressed so that its distal end moves towards the hub, and a deployed configuration in which the blade extends away from the hub. The impeller may be part of a pump for pumping fluids, such as pumping blood within a patient. A blood pump may include a cannula having a proximal portion with a fixed diameter, and a distal portion with an expandable diameter. The impeller may reside in the expandable portion of the cannula. The cannula may have a compressed diameter which allows it to be inserted percutaneously into a patient. Once at a desired location, the expandable portion of the cannula may be expanded and the impeller expanded to the deployed configuration. A flexible drive shaft may extend through the cannula for rotationally driving the impeller within the patient's body.

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James P Runt