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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
May. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rolf Sammler, Luedinghausen, DE;
Thorsten Siess, Wuerselen, DE;
Christoph Nix, Aachen, DE;
Max Eisen, Aachen, DE;
Jens Peter Hutzenlaub, Aachen, DE;
Bart Meyns, Leuven, BE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 2/900 ;
Abstract
The intracardiac blood pump ( ) comprises a drive section ( ) and a pump section ( ). A flexible pump hose ( ) is connected to the pump section ( ). To lay the pump hose ( ) from the right atrium ( ) to the pulmonary artery ( ) the distal end of the pump hose ( ) comprises a balloon ( ) which acts as guide element in the blood flow and is entrained by the natural blood flow. This facilitates placing of the blood pump in the heart.
Published as:
DE19821307C1; CA2295951A1; WO9958170A1; AU3822899A; NO996232D0; NO996232L; EP0996472A1; PL337993A1; CN1268894A; KR20010021546A; JP2002514472A; AU749458B2; US6544216B1; EP0996472B1; ATE288771T1; DE59911583D1; JP4163384B2;