Ralph Louis D'Ambrosio,Bruce Adams,Michael Thomas Finnegan,Gerd Spanier,Thorsten Siess
申请号：
US15615259
公开号：
US10342906B2
申请日:
2017.06.06
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2019
代理人:
摘要：
A blood pump assembly can include various components such as a housing and a sensor configured to detect one or more characteristics of the blood. In some embodiments, the sensor can be coupled to the housing and can include a sensor membrane configured to deflect in response to a change in a blood parameter (e.g., pressure). The blood pump assembly can include a shield that covers at least a portion of the sensor membrane so as to protect the sensor from damage when the blood pump assembly is inserted through an introducer and navigated through the patient's vasculature and/or when the blood pump assembly is inserted into the heart in a surgical procedure. One or more protective layers can be deposited over the sensor membrane to prevent the sensor membrane from being dissolved through interactions with the patient's blood.
