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Ventricular assist device for intraventricular placement

  • US 8,852,072 B2
  • Filed: 02/06/2009
  • Issued: 10/07/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A ventricular assist device for intraventricular placement inside a heart of a mammalian subject comprising:

  • an anchor element configured to be mounted to the subject'"'"'s heart;

    a rigid elongate member having proximal and distal ends; and

    a pump comprising a housing, an inlet and an outlet, a rotor within the housing and electric drive coils carried on the housing for magnetically driving the rotor,wherein the anchor element and the pump are connected to the elongate member remote from one another,wherein the elongate member includes a bore extending in the proximal and distal direction thereof, the device further comprising wiring extending through the bore to the pump, andwherein the anchor element includes a spherical socket adapted to engage a spherical ball mounted to the elongate member such that the anchor element is pivotally mounted to the elongate member.

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