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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
Travis J. Schauer, Rockford, MN (US);
Benjamin Breidall, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Daniel H. VanCamp, Elk River, MN (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 60/825 (2021.01); A61M 60/148 (2021.01); A61M 60/422 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 60/825 (2021.01); A61M 60/422 (2021.01); A61M 60/148 (2021.01);
Abstract
A bearing assembly is configured to retain an end of an impeller of a blood pump and includes a thrust plate having a distal-facing surface and an impeller bearing surface configured to be disposed adjacent the distal-facing surface such that a gap is defined between the distal-facing surface of the thrust plate and the impeller bearing surface. The impeller bearing surface includes at least one washout blade disposed thereon and configured to facilitate blood flow through the gap.