STEERING WIRES FOR BLOOD PUMP

Apparatus and methods are described including a blood pump including an axial shaft configured for insertion into, and rotation within, a body of a subject, and an impeller coupled to the axial shaft such that, as the axial shaft rotates, the impeller pumps blood of the subject. A frame surrounds th...

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Hauptverfasser:	TUVAL, Yosi, ROZENFELD, Avi, TAMIR, Ran, LUBINSKY, Gad, MUSTACCHI, Shaul, SUDIN, Yuri
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
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:	Apparatus and methods are described including a blood pump including an axial shaft configured for insertion into, and rotation within, a body of a subject, and an impeller coupled to the axial shaft such that, as the axial shaft rotates, the impeller pumps blood of the subject. A frame surrounds the impeller. One or more steering wires are coupled to the frame and configured to extend from the frame, to outside the body of the subject, while the frame is within the body. Other applications are also described.