206 patents
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Expandable Introducer Sheath for Medical Device
26 Aug 21
An expandable medical sheath can include a sheath body having a lumen that extends between proximal and distal ends of the sheath.
Christopher Nason Korkuch
Filed: 4 Mar 21
Utility
Guidewire Access Sleeve
19 Aug 21
An access sleeve can be attached to a medical device having first and second ends, the first end being positioned inside of a patient and the second end being positioned external to a patient.
Christopher Nason Korkuch
Filed: 23 Feb 21
Utility
Expandable Sheath with Interlock Dilator
5 Aug 21
An expandable introducer sheath with an interlock dilator.
Christopher N. Korkuch, Robert Fishman, Michael Finnegan, Charles DeLorenzo, Andrew Gentile, Anne Gabrielle McLoughlin, Robert Swierczek
Filed: 2 Feb 21
Utility
Intravascular Blood Pump with Intake Filter
5 Aug 21
An intravascular blood pump has an intake filter that reduces risk of heart tissue being sucked into an intake port of the pump.
Ralph Louis D'Ambrosio, Maxim Daschewski, Valentin Neblik, Jörg Schumacher, Gerd Spanier
Filed: 3 Feb 21
Utility
Catheter Device Comprising a Separating Device for Retaining Magnetic Particles Contained In a Fluid and Protection Device for a Functional Element
29 Jul 21
A catheter device having a catheter (24) in which a rotating shaft (25) which is made at least partially from a magnetic material is arranged, and a separating device which contains an annular body (27) surrounding the rotating shaft and having a cavity containing a magnetic body (13′), the magnetic body being arranged downstream from a point at which the shaft (25) exits the catheter (24) which it surrounds with respect to the direction of flow of the fluid through the catheter.
Sami Er, Cornelia Simon, Joerg Schumacher, Reiner Liebing
Filed: 12 Feb 21
Utility
Rotor for a Fluid Pump, and Method and Mold for Manufacturing Same
22 Jul 21
Disclosed is a rotor for a compressible fluid pump, in particular a blood pump that can be introduced into a patient's body through a blood vessel; said rotor comprises one or more impeller elements, is compressible and expansible between an expanded state and a compressed state, is made at least in part of a fiber-reinforced plastic material, is provided for rotating about an axis of rotation, and is characterized in that in the expanded state of the rotor, a first percentage, i.e. more than 30%, in particular more than 50%, of the fibers runs substantially straight between the first end (10a, 11a, 13a) thereof lying closest to the axis of rotation and a second end lying further away from the axis of rotation.
Thorsten Siess
Filed: 20 Jan 21
Utility
Intravascular Blood Pump with Outflow Hose
15 Jul 21
An intravascular blood pump includes a pump housing having an input port and an output port.
Gerd Spanier, Zhongwei Qi, Thorsten Siess, Frank Kirchhoff
Filed: 13 Jan 21
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Blood Pump with Improved Leakage Control
15 Jul 21
A blood pump with a stator and rotor wherein the rotor is assembled by bonding the stator components with epoxy.
Soumen Das, Qingchao Kong, Zhenghong Tao, Alexander Ship
Filed: 8 Jan 21
Utility
Blood Pump Distal Outflow Cage
1 Jul 21
Blood pump assemblies with blood outflow cage components designed to reduce stress on a patient's vasculature, reduce hemolysis and damage to blood, and improve manufacturability.
Michael J. Bernazani
Filed: 21 Dec 20
Utility
Pump Housing with an Interior for Accommodating a Pump Rotor
1 Jul 21
In a pump housing having an interior for accommodating a pump rotor, which may be transferred from a radially compressed state into a radially expanded state, and comprises a housing skin revolving in circumferential direction, as well as at least one reinforcement element, a stretch-resistant element revolving in circumferential direction is provided, which is stretched less than 5% in the expanded state as opposed to the force-free state in circumferential direction, and which limits any further expansion of the pump housing in radial direction.
Lars Bredenbreuker, Joerg Schumacher
Filed: 4 Jan 21
Utility
Radially Compressible and Expandable Rotor for a Pump Having an Impeller Blade
1 Jul 21
The invention relates to a radially compressible and expandable rotor for a pump having at least one impeller blade, wherein the impeller blade has an impeller blade body whose material is elastically deformable as well as at least one stiffening strut which is at least partially embedded in the material of the impeller blade body.
Thomas Toellner, Mario Scheckel
Filed: 31 Dec 20
Utility
System for Introducing a Pump
10 Jun 21
The invention resides in the field of introducing fluid pumps into a lumen and relates to a system for introducing a pump into a lumen which comprises a first sheath and a pump to be introduced into the first sheath, or a system which has a pump with a distal pump unit and a shaft catheter which emerges proximally to the pump unit.
Thomas Toellner
Filed: 18 Dec 20
Utility
Fluid Pump Changeable In Diameter, In Particular for Medical Application
3 Jun 21
A fluid pump device changeable in diameter is provided.
Reiner Liebing
Filed: 5 Nov 20
Utility
Hemostasis Valve for Sheath Assembly
20 May 21
An introducer sheath assembly for percutaneously delivering a medical device that maintains hemostasis in a patient.
John Matthew Modlish, Glen R. Fantuzzi, Christopher Nason Korkuch
Filed: 13 Nov 20
Utility
Purge-free Miniature Rotary Pump
20 May 21
Methods and systems are provided for the circulation of blood using a purge-free miniature pump.
Thorsten Siess
Filed: 30 Nov 20
Utility
Thermoform Cannula with Variable Cannula Body Stiffness
20 May 21
A cannula supporting a percutaneous pump can include a proximal section with a first flexural modulus.
Zhenghong Tao, Christopher Zarins, Dion Mraz, Stephen Vaughan, Julius Steven Becker
Filed: 26 Oct 20
Utility
Sheath Assembly for Insertion of a Cord-shaped Element, Particularly a Catheter, into the Body of a Patient
13 May 21
Sheath assembly for the insertion of a cord-shaped element, comprising an introducer sheath, and an auxiliary sheath for insertion into the introducer sheath together with the cord-shaped element.
Joerg Schumacher, Lars Bredenbreuker, Robert Decke
Filed: 7 Dec 20
Utility
Conveying Blades for a Compressible Rotor
13 May 21
To provide a simple embodiment of a rotor for a fluid pump which is nevertheless very flexible in handling and compressible, in accordance with the invention a conveying blade is provided having at least two struts and a membrane spanned between them in the expanded state, wherein the struts each have at least one joint, in particular more than one joint, which enables an angling in a first direction in a first movement plane and bounds an overelongation beyond an elongation angle of in particular 180° in the opposite second direction.
Sami Er
Filed: 17 Sep 20
Utility
Cleaning System for Diaphragm Pump
8 Apr 21
Apparatus and methods for cleaning a single-port fluidic device, such as a single-port, diaphragm-based cardiac pump, with a continuous stream of fresh cleaning fluid, while simultaneously draining soiled fluid, via a single input-output port of the fluidic device.
Emmanuel N. Ilongo
Filed: 1 Oct 20
Utility
Collapsible Catheter
1 Apr 21
An intravascular system includes an introducer sheath with fixed-diameter lumen, a medical device, and a catheter with a proximal end and a distal end coupled to the first medical device.
Glen R. Fantuzzi
Filed: 28 Sep 20