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Pump and method for mixed flow blood pumping

US10279093B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

TC1 LLC · US

Inventors

Steven H. Reichenbach · Pleasanton, US
Stephen G. Briana · Pleasanton, US
William V. Hodges · Tracy, US
Eric Lee · San Francisco, US
Yi-Ren Woo · Woodbury, US
Onur Dur · Milpitas, US
David Gary Eldridge · Brentwood, US
Pieter W. C. J. le Blanc · Rancho Cordova, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 22, 2016
Grant date	May 7, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 16, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49236
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

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.

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