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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2009
Graham Foster, Swansea, GB;
Graham Foster, Swansea, GB;
Calon Cardio Technology Limited, Swansea, GB;
Abstract
The apparatus is a ventricular assist device comprising: a pump with a housing having therein radial a impeller, and a rotor for driving the impeller, both the rotor and the impeller being hydrodynamically suspended within the housing in us, the pump further including a stator for driving the rotor; an inlet cannula section arranged to extend from an internal part of the ventricle to straddle the wall of the ventricle, the stator being within the inlet cannula section to be located in the internal part of the ventricle; and an outlet for blood driven by the impeller such that the pump is a radial pump. Both the outlet and the impeller are arranged to reside outside of the heart.