Patents by Inventor Rainer Damen

Rainer Damen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for controlling a blood pump
    Patent number: 8123669
    Abstract: A blood pump is temporarily operated at a low rotational speed lying below a design rotational speed. This involves a risk of thrombogenesis since flow detachments may occur at blades of an impeller of the rotary blood pump. For eliminating deposits at said impeller, the rotational speed of said pump is temporarily increased to the design rotational speed. Alternatively, said pump alternately operates at said design rotational speed and a low rotational speed, and this pulsed operation is synchronized with the heart rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Abiomed Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Thorsten Siess, Rainer Damen
  • Method for Controlling a Blood Pump
    Publication number: 20090138080
    Abstract: A blood pump is temporarily operated at a low rotational speed lying below a design rotational speed. This involves a risk of thrombogenesis since flow detachments may occur at blades of an impeller of the rotary blood pump. For eliminating deposits at said impeller, the rotational speed of said pump is temporarily increased to the design rotational speed. Alternatively, said pump alternately operates at said design rotational speed and a low rotational speed, and this pulsed operation is synchronized with the heart rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Thorsten Siess, Rainer Damen