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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2019
Applicant:
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Inventor:
William Smith, Cleveland, OH (US);
Assignee:
THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION, Cleveland, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 60/82 (2021.01); A61M 60/824 (2021.01); A61M 60/148 (2021.01); A61M 60/178 (2021.01); A61M 60/825 (2021.01); A61M 60/812 (2021.01); A61M 60/422 (2021.01); A61M 60/237 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 60/82 (2021.01); A61M 60/148 (2021.01); A61M 60/178 (2021.01); A61M 60/237 (2021.01); A61M 60/422 (2021.01); A61M 60/812 (2021.01); A61M 60/824 (2021.01); A61M 60/825 (2021.01); A61M 2205/103 (2013.01); A61M 2210/125 (2013.01);
Abstract
A blood pump () includes a pump housing () having a pump inlet () and a pump outlet () spaced apart along a longitudinally extending central pump axis (). The blood pump () also includes a rotating assembly () comprising an impeller (). The blood pump () further includes partial arc journal bearings () that support the rotating assembly () for rotation in the housing (). The rotating assembly () is rotatable relative to the housing () to pump blood from the pump inlet () to the pump outlet ().