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Catheter pump arrangement and flexible shaft arrangement having a core

US10792406B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ECP Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH · DE

Inventors

Daniel Roehn · Berlin, DE
Reiner Liebing · Berlin, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 6, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 4, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF16C1/00
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The invention relates to a flexible shaft arrangement having a flexible hollow shaft (1, 2) which has an, end at the drive side and an end at the output side, wherein the hollow shaft is reinforced sectionally between these ends by a core (3, 4) extending in its interior. Stiffer and more flexible sections can hereby be selectively positioned within the shaft arrangement.

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