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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2015
John Begg, Fitzroy Falls, AU;
Komarakshi Rajagopalan Balakrishnan, Chennai, IN;
Thorvascular Pty Ltd, Frenchs Forest, AU;
John Begg, Fitzroy Falls, AU;
Peter Ayre, Frenchs Forest, AU;
Komarakshi Rajagopalan Balakrishnan, Chennai, IN;
Thorvascular Pty Ltd, Frenchs Forest, AU;
Abstract
A blood pump device comprising: a centrifugal blood pump having: a pump housing defining an inlet to receive blood and direct blood onto an impeller, the pump housing having a top bezel and a central column directed into the middle of a cavity within the pump housing; the impeller is adapted, in use, to rotate in the cavity around the central column and to be suspended on a pivot bearing mounted between the middle of the lower surface of the impeller and the middle of the upper surface of the central column; the impeller is stabilised, in use, by the rotation of blades generating a centrifugal force acting on the blades in radial direction away from the central column.