Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation
发明人:
Rodefeld, Mark D.,Frankel, Steven H.
申请号：
AU2015200914
公开号：
AU2015200914B2
申请日:
2015.02.24
申请国别(地区):
AU
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要：
#$%^&*AU2015200914B220160804.pdf#####METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ACTIVE OR PASSIVE ASSISTANCE IN THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM ABSTRACT An apparatus for pumping blood in an animal, comprising: an outer cage (1040) movable from a substantially cylindrical stowed position to a deployed position and having a midsection that is substantially open to flow of blood in the deployed position； a pumping element (1060) rotatable within said outer cage (1040), said pumping element (1060) movable from a stowed position to a deployed position, said pumping element (1060) including a circumferentiallycontinuous flexible outer member (1061) supported by an inner cage (1063) in the deployed position, said pumping element (1060) having a distal end, a proximal end, and a deployed midsection of greatest diameter intermediate of the distal and proximal ends and wherein rotation of said deployed pumping element (1060) provides flow of blood radially outward from the midsection of said pumping element (1060) and through the midsection of said outer cage (1040).
