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  • Intracardiac blood pump
    Patent number: 7070555
    Abstract: The blood pump (10) comprises an elongate drive portion (11) and a pump portion (12) lengthening the latter. Between the two portions, flow openings (17) are positioned. According to the invention, the flow openings (17) are covered by a screen (24) preventing the blood pump from sucking fast on tissue parts or cardiac valves or from sucking in endogenous tissue and being blocked thereby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Impella CardioSystems AG
    Inventor: Thorsten Siess