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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2017
Ramtin Agah, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Kamran Najmabadi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ramtin Agah, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Kamran Najmabadi, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
An apparatus includes an expandable member, a blood pump, and a set of struts. The expandable member is configured to transition from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration. The expandable member includes a set of flexible segments that form a tubular wall defining an interior volume. The flexible segments contact an inner surface of a blood vessel when the expandable member is in the expanded position. The expandable member includes a set of attachment portions. Each of the struts has a first end portion coupled to a housing of the blood pump. Each of the struts has a second end portion configured to be removably coupled to a corresponding attachment portion such that the blood pump can be removably coupled to the expandable member with at least a portion of the housing disposed within the interior volume of the expandable member.