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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2012
Robert L. Campbell, Port Matilda, PA (US);
Jeremy J. Koncoski, Pennsylvania Furnace, PA (US);
Thomas M. Mallison, State College, PA (US);
Mark W. Mcbride, Bellefonte, PA (US);
Daniel Metrey, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Eric C. Myer, Spring Mills, PA (US);
Kevin J. Powell, Glen Gardner, NJ (US);
Adam Roslund, Monroeville, PA (US);
Daniel A. Walters, Rockaway Township, NJ (US);
William James Repka, Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ (US);
Phyllis Yuen, Fremont, CA (US);
Robert L. Campbell, Port Matilda, PA (US);
Jeremy J. Koncoski, Pennsylvania Furnace, PA (US);
Thomas M. Mallison, State College, PA (US);
Mark W. McBride, Bellefonte, PA (US);
Daniel Metrey, Blacksburg, VA (US);
Eric C. Myer, Spring Mills, PA (US);
Kevin J. Powell, Glen Gardner, NJ (US);
Adam Roslund, Monroeville, PA (US);
Daniel A. Walters, Rockaway Township, NJ (US);
William James Repka, Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ (US);
Phyllis Yuen, Fremont, CA (US);
THORATEC CORPORATION, Pleasanton, CA (US);
THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, University Park, PA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are heart pumps that can include a catheter body and an impeller coupled with a distal end of the catheter body. The impeller can include a tip that is resealable or that includes a resealable member. The heart pump can also include a diffuser disposed between the distal end of the catheter body and the impeller, wherein the diffuser includes a flow directing surface.