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Centrifugal pump

US6171078A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 14, 1998
Grant dateJan 9, 2001
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Expiry dateAug 14, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M60/232
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A centrifugal pump for delivering a fluid, especially for delivering blood, has a pump housing (2) that has an inlet (3) and an outlet (4) for the fluid, as well as an impeller (5) located inside pump housing (2), said impeller having a plurality of vanes (51) and being rotatable around a rotational axis (A), as well as means for driving impeller (5). Outlet (4) is located offset in the axial direction with respect to impeller (5).

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