Blood pump

US9950101B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Cleveland Clinic Foundation · US

Inventors

• William A. Smith · Lyndhurst, US
• Markus Lorenz · Karlsruhe, DE
• David Dudzinski · Strongsville, US
• Hsiang Ming Chen · Latham, US
• Peter A. Chapman, Jr. · East Schodack, US
• Charles J. Prisco · Saratoga Springs, US
• Nicholas G. Vitale · Albany, US
• Stephan Weber · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 14, 2012
• Grant date: Apr 24, 2018
• Expiry date: Feb 3, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M60/148
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A blood pump (20) includes a stator assembly comprising a motor stator (52), a fluid inlet (24), and a fluid outlet (26). A rotor assembly includes a motor rotor (54) and an impeller (40) rotatable about an axis (44) to move fluid from the inlet (24) to the outlet (26). An outflow sheath (300) directs the flow along the outside of the pump (20).