Abstract: A transcatheter blood pump implantable within a subject's lumen defined by a subject's lumen wall. The transcatheter blood pump includes an impeller having an axis of rotation, a shroud having a first shroud end portion, a second shroud end portion, and a shroud internal passage extending between the first shroud end portion and the second shroud end portion, the impeller disposed within the shroud internal passage, an electric motor configured to rotate the impeller, the electric motor having a first motor end portion and a second motor end portion, the first motor end portion coupled to the second shroud end portion, and an electric driveline configured to transmit operating power to the electric motor to rotate the impeller. The electric driveline extends along at least one of the shroud and the electric motor and is coupled thereto.

Abstract: There are provided infrared imaging systems and methods for imaging a sample with fluorescent markers. The system includes a light source configured to illuminate a sample-contacting surface. The light source includes first and second illumination modules, each configured to project a corresponding first and second infrared illumination beam towards a sample holder, the infrared illumination beams interacting at an imaging plane to define an illumination area having a rectangular and homogeneous power profile. The system also includes a control unit operatively connected to a motor assembly and to an optomechanical mechanism. The control unit is configured to superimpose the sample plane and the imaging plane at any of the multiple locations within the enclosure. The system includes a detector configured to receive light emitted by the fluorescent markers of the sample upon illumination of the same in the imaging plane when the sample plane is superimposed with the imaging plane.

Abstract: There are provided infrared imaging systems and methods for imaging a sample with fluorescent markers. The system includes a light source configured to illuminate a sample-contacting surface. The light source includes first and second illumination modules, each configured to project a corresponding first and second infrared illumination beam towards a sample holder, the infrared illumination beams interacting at an imaging plane to define an illumination area having a rectangular and homogeneous power profile. The system also includes a control unit operatively connected to a motor assembly and to an optomechanical mechanism. The control unit is configured to superimpose the sample plane and the imaging plane at any of the multiple locations within the enclosure. The system includes a detector configured to receive light emitted by the fluorescent markers of the sample upon illumination of the same in the imaging plane when the sample plane is superimposed with the imaging plane.