Enmodes Gmbh

Procyrion, Inc.

Ensminger, Stephan

Tim Kaufmann

Ralf Borchardt

Jason J Heuring

Benjamin Hertzog

William Clifton

Ulrich Steinseifer

Sascha Gross-Hardt

Anton Moritz

Stephan Ensminger

Bemjamin A Hertzog

William L Clifton

A non-occluding intravascular pump comprises a shroud providing an inlet for incoming blood flow and an outlet for outgoing blood flow, wherein the shroud is a cylindrical housing; an impeller positioned within shroud, wherein a central axis of the shroud and impeller are shared; a motor coupled to the impeller, wherein the motor rotates the impeller to causes blood to be drawn through the inlet and output to the outlet, and the motor is centrally disposed and shares the central axis with the shroud and the impeller; and a plurality of pillars coupling the motor to the shroud, wherein the pillars secure the shroud in close proximity to the impeller. Various design features of the pump may be optimized to reduce hemolysis, such as, but not limited to, inlet length, impeller design, pillar angle, and outlet design.

Non-occluding intravascular blood pump providing reduced hemolysis

The invention relates to an apparatus for exchanging material between blood and a gas/gas mixture, comprising a chamber () through which blood can flow and in which a plurality of material-permeable fiber tubes is provided, the gas/gas mixture being flowable through the fiber tubes, blood being flowable around the fiber tubes. At least one deformable element () is provided in the chamber () in addition to the fiber tubes, through which the gas/gas mixture can flow, this deformable element being deformable and restorable, in particular compressible out of a relaxed shape and restorable to a relaxed shape by pressure fluctuations acting on the at least one element () externally, in particular pressure fluctuations transmitted by the blood in the chamber ().

Apparatus for exchanging material between blood and a gas/gas mixture

The invention relates to a blood cannula for discharging blood into a vessel, in particular aortic cannula for discharging blood into an aortic arch during heart-bypass surgery, comprising a tubular body (), the tubular body having a straight part at the proximal end () and a bent part at the distal end () leading into an outlet opening (), wherein the distal end (), in particular the bent part has an increasing cross section in the direction of blood flow (B).

Blood cannula

Cannula

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Aachen, Germany

Tim Kaufmann