Article comprising an impeller
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1. An apparatus comprising an impeller, wherein the impeller comprises:
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a first plurality of bladelets disposed on the hub, wherein the first plurality of bladelets collectively define a first blade, wherein each bladelet has a root, a tip, a pressure face and a suction face, and further wherein;
(a) each bladelet is movable between a deployed state in which the tip thereof is relatively further from the hub and a non-deployed state in which the tip is relatively closer to the hub;
(b) the pressure face of each bladelet is concave; and
(c) the root of each bladelet is narrower than the tip of each bladelet.
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Abstract
An impeller for use in conjunction with a percutaneously-insertable blood pump or other rotatable equipment includes a blade that is segmented into a plurality of overlapping or abutting bladelets. In some embodiments, the bladelets are foldable and one side of each bladelet is concave.
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1. An apparatus comprising an impeller, wherein the impeller comprises:
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a hub; and a first plurality of bladelets disposed on the hub, wherein the first plurality of bladelets collectively define a first blade, wherein each bladelet has a root, a tip, a pressure face and a suction face, and further wherein; (a) each bladelet is movable between a deployed state in which the tip thereof is relatively further from the hub and a non-deployed state in which the tip is relatively closer to the hub; (b) the pressure face of each bladelet is concave; and (c) the root of each bladelet is narrower than the tip of each bladelet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus comprising an impeller, wherein the impeller comprises:
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a hub; a first blade depending from the hub; and a second blade depending from the hub and diametrically opposed to the first blade, wherein the impeller is a single-stage impeller having a single blade row, and further wherein; (a) the blade row comprises the first blade and the second blade; (b) the first blade and the second blade are segmented into bladelets, each bladelet having a root, a tip, and a pressure face; (c) the bladelets are widest at the tip thereof and narrowest at the root; (d) each bladelet is foldable proximate to the root thereof; and (e) the pressure face of each bladelet is concave. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus comprising an impeller, wherein the impeller comprises:
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a hub; and a first plurality of bladelets disposed on the hub, wherein the first plurality of bladelets collectively define a first blade, wherein each bladelet has a root and a tip, and further wherein each bladelet is movable between a deployed state in which the tip thereof is relatively further from the hub and a non-deployed state in which the tip is relatively closer to the hub. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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