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Patent No.:

US 9533082 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 17, 2014

Pump and method for mixed flow blood pumping

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:

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

Primary Examiner:

Allen Porter, Jr

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.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Reichenbach, Steven. (2017). Pump and method for mixed flow blood pumping (U.S. Patent No. 9533082). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9533082

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