INTRAVASCULAR PUMP WITHOUT INDUCER AND CENTRIFUGAL FORCE-DRIVEN EXPANSION OF IMPELLER BLADES AND/OR EXPANDABLE AND COLLAPSIBLE IMPELLER HOUSING

INTRAVASCULAR PUMP WITHOUT INDUCER AND CENTRIFUGAL FORCE-DRIVEN EXPANSION OF IMPELLER BLADES AND/OR EXPANDABLE AND COLLAPSIBLE IMPELLER HOUSING

The present invention provides an intravascular blood pump system with an external motor and comprising an impeller housing and/or impeller blade(s) that may be expandable and collapsible. The blade(s) and/or impeller housing may be biased to expand or may be expanded by centrifugal forces generated...

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Hauptverfasser: HIGGINS, Joseph, P, STONE, Jeffrey, R
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:The present invention provides an intravascular blood pump system with an external motor and comprising an impeller housing and/or impeller blade(s) that may be expandable and collapsible. The blade(s) and/or impeller housing may be biased to expand or may be expanded by centrifugal forces generated during rotation of the impeller and blades an operatively connected rotational external motor.