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Intracardiac blood pump

  • US 6,544,216 B1
  • Filed: 05/30/2000
  • Issued: 04/08/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/13/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An intracardiac blood pump, comprising:

  • a pump section having a distal end and a proximal end, dimensioned for receipt within a blood lumen and configured for radially intaking and axially discharging blood;

    a catheter connected to said pump section'"'"'s proximal end;

    a pump hose connected to said pump section'"'"'s distal end for conducting blood discharged from said pump section therethrough to an outlet formed on its distal end; and

    a balloon disposed adjacent to the distal end of said pump hose and capable of being entrained by blood flow so as to act as a guide element.

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