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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2019
Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Joseph P. Higgins, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Matthew W. Tilstra, Rogers, MN (US);
Benjamin D. Haselman, St. Paul, MN (US);
Matthew D. Cambronne, North Oaks, MN (US);
Tristan A. Van de Moortele, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an intravascular blood pump comprising a housing region that may be expandable and collapsible, wherein the expandable housing region includes the inlet to the pump and wherein the distal diameter of the expandable housing region, including the inlet, is larger than a proximal diameter of the expandable housing region. A non-expandable region may be provided and disposed between the expandable housing region and the pump assembly of the intravascular blood pump.