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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2012
Don W. E. Evans, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Jeremy John Maniak, Edina, MN (US);
Don W. E. Evans, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Jeremy John Maniak, Edina, MN (US);
Minnetronix, Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A pump for inducing motion of a fluid, the pump including a cannula adjustable between an operable configuration having a first diameter and a deployment configuration having a substantially smaller second diameter. An impeller is rotatable within the cannula about an axis. The impeller includes an at least semi-rigid support for a flexible web, and is positionable with respect to the cannula the operable configuration and the deployment configuration, the operable configuration extending the web to a first radial distance from the axis and the deployment configuration collapsing the web to a second substantially smaller radial distance from the axis.