The Penn State Research Foundation;Thoratec Corporation
发明人:
Campbell, Robert L.,Walsh, Justin M.,Metrey, Daniel,Kunz, Robert F.,Mallison, Thomas M.,Boone, Edward,Myer, Eric,McBride, Mark W.,Powell, Kevin J.,Walters, Daniel A.
申请号：
AU2010266166
公开号：
AU2010266166B2
申请日:
2010.07.01
申请国别(地区):
AU
年份:
2015
代理人:
摘要：
A blood pump (10) includes an impeller having a plurality of foldable blades and a cannula (40) having a proximal portion with a fixed diameter, and a distal portion with an expandable diameter. The impeller can reside in the expandable portion of the cannula. The cannula has a collapsed condition for percutaneous delivery to a desired location within the body, and an expanded condition in which the impeller can rotate to pump blood. A flexible drive shaft can extend through the cannula for rotationally driving the impeller within the patient's body.
