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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2018
Applicant:
Heartware, Inc., Miami Lakes, FL (US);
Inventors:
Jingchun Wu, Irvine, CA (US);
Michael Ricci, Camarillo, CA (US);
David Paden, Goleta, CA (US);
Shaun Snyder, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
HeartWare, Inc., Miami Lakes, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/10 (2006.01); F04D 1/02 (2006.01); F04D 1/04 (2006.01); F04D 3/00 (2006.01); A61M 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/101 (2013.01); F04D 1/025 (2013.01); F04D 1/04 (2013.01); F04D 3/00 (2013.01); A61M 1/1012 (2014.02); A61M 1/122 (2014.02); A61M 1/125 (2014.02);
Abstract
A pump for a fluid which can be blood has a stator housing and a rotor hub with leading and trailing portions and an intermediate portion disposed therebetween. At least one impeller blade at the leading portion drives circumferential and axial components of a flow into a pump annulus or intermediate pathway portion. At least one stator blade extends radially inward from the stator housing within the intermediate pathway portion and is configured to reduce a circumferential component of the flow.