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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2011
Steven H. Reichenbach, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Pieter W. C. J. Le Blanc, Rancho Cordova, CA (US);
Yi-ren Woo, Livermore, CA (US);
David Gary Eldridge, Dublin, CA (US);
Stephen G. Briana, Pleasanton, CA (US);
William V. Hodges, Tracy, CA (US);
Eric Lee, Oakland, CA (US);
Steven H. Reichenbach, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Pieter W. C. J. le Blanc, Rancho Cordova, CA (US);
Yi-Ren Woo, Livermore, CA (US);
David Gary Eldridge, Dublin, CA (US);
Stephen G. Briana, Pleasanton, CA (US);
William V. Hodges, Tracy, CA (US);
Eric Lee, Oakland, CA (US);
THORATEC CORPORATION, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Abstract
A blood pump includes a rotor having a flared portion downstream proximate a downstream bearing that supports the rotor. The flared portion of the rotor includes a width greater than a width of an upstream portion of the rotor. A blood pump also includes a housing having an internal wall with a flared portion downstream of a motor stator and proximate a transverse outlet.