Percutaneous heart pump

US9962475B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• TC1 LLC · US
• The Penn State Research Foundation · US

Inventors

• Robert L. Campbell · Port Matilda, US
• Jeremy J. Koncoski · Pennsylvania Furnace, US
• Thomas M. Mallison · State College, US
• Mark W. McBride · Bellefonte, US
• Daniel Metrey · Blacksburg, US
• Eric C. Myer · Spring Mills, US
• Kevin J. Powell · Glen Gardner, US
• Adam Roslund · Monroeville, US
• Daniel A. Walters · Denville, US
• William James Repka · Parsippany-Troy Hills, US
• Phyllis Yuen · Fremont, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 18, 2015
• Grant date: May 8, 2018
• Expiry date: Sep 18, 2035

Classification

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

Abstract

Disclosed herein are heart pumps that can include a catheter body and an impeller coupled with a distal end of the catheter body. The impeller can include a tip that is resealable or that includes a resealable member. The heart pump can also include a diffuser disposed between the distal end of the catheter body and the impeller, wherein the diffuser includes a flow directing surface.