Blood pump with impeller
First Claim
1. A blood pump having an impeller comprising at least two vascular connection devices for a tubeless connection of the pump to a blood vessel outside the heart.
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Abstract
A blood pump having a pump housing and an impeller disposed in the housing and driven by an electric drive includes at least two connection devices directly disposed at the housing for connection to an artery outside the heart such as for example a suture ring or a vascular prosthesis and configured in such a manner to realize a direct connection of the artery to the pump housing, and wherein a pump conduit can be implanted into the aorta ascendens for relieving the left ventricle and in the truncus pulmonalis or into the pulmonalis furcation for reliving the right cardiac ventricle and other blood vessels for improving the blood circulation or elevating the pressure in a certain vascular section.
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20 Claims
- 1. A blood pump having an impeller comprising at least two vascular connection devices for a tubeless connection of the pump to a blood vessel outside the heart.
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8. The blood pump of claim 8, wherein the webs are configured as vanes.
- 14. The blood pump of claim 14, further comprising an adaptable connection device between the two pump housings.
- 19. A method for a tubeless vascular implant of a blood pump with an impeller comprising the steps of providing a blood pump with connection devices, preparing vascular tissue for the implant, inserting the pump into location and connecting the pump directly to the vascular tissue with a connecting device selected from the group consisting of suture rings and vascular prosthesis.
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