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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Thoratec Corporation, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Inventors:
Steven H. Reichenbach, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Stephen G. Briana, Pleasanton, CA (US);
William V. Hodges, Tracy, CA (US);
Eric Lee, Oakland, CA (US);
Yi-Ren Woo, Livermore, CA (US);
Onur Dur, Milpitas, CA (US);
David Gary Eldridge, Dublin, CA (US);
Pieter W. C. J. le Blanc, Rancho Cordova, CA (US);
Assignee:
THORATEC CORPORATION, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/10 (2006.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); F04D 17/08 (2006.01); F04D 29/046 (2006.01); F04D 29/24 (2006.01); F04D 13/06 (2006.01); A61M 1/12 (2006.01); F04D 29/22 (2006.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/101 (2013.01); A61F 2/07 (2013.01); A61M 1/1086 (2013.01); A61M 1/122 (2014.02); F04D 13/064 (2013.01); F04D 13/0633 (2013.01); F04D 17/08 (2013.01); F04D 29/046 (2013.01); F04D 29/0467 (2013.01); F04D 29/242 (2013.01); A61F 2/06 (2013.01); A61M 2205/04 (2013.01); A61M 2205/103 (2013.01); F04D 29/22 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49236 (2015.01);
Abstract
A blood pump includes a hub having an axis of rotation and a generally cylindrical shape. The hub has an upstream end region, a central region, and a downstream end region, and the hub includes a magnetic material. Blades that are disposed on the downstream end region of the hub extend downstream of the hub.