CURVATURE OF VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE

An apparatus, comprising: a blood pump, comprising: an axial shaft (92) configured for insertion into, and rotation within, a body of a subject; an impeller (50) coupled to the axial shaft (92) such that, as the axial shaft (92) rotates, the impeller (50) pumps blood of the subject; a frame (34) sur...

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Hauptverfasser:	TUVAL, Yosi, ROZENFELD, Avi, TAMIR, Ran, LUBINSKY, Gad, MUSTACCHI, Shaul, SUDIN, Yuri
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
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Zusammenfassung:	An apparatus, comprising: a blood pump, comprising: an axial shaft (92) configured for insertion into, and rotation within, a body of a subject; an impeller (50) coupled to the axial shaft (92) such that, as the axial shaft (92) rotates, the impeller (50) pumps blood of the subject; a frame (34) surrounding the impeller (50) and comprising a distal conical portion (40); a bearing adjacent to the axial shaft (92) and configured to stabilize the axial shaft (92) while the axial shaft (92) rotates; and a bearing housing (118H) that houses the bearing, at least 50 percent of a length of the bearing housing (118H) being disposed at least partly within the distal conical portion (40) of the frame (34).