US 11,964,143 B2
Flexible drive cable with rigid axial shaft
Yosi Tuval, Even Yehuda (IL); Zev Sohn, Karnei Shomron (IL); Ehud Schwammenthal, Ra'anana (IL); Gad Lubinsky, Ein Vered (IL); Victor Troshin, Hod-Hasharon (IL); Shaul Mustacchi, Rosh Haayin (IL); Yinnon Elisha, Kffar Hess (IL); Yuri Sudin, Modi'in-Makkabbim-Re'ut (IL); Hagit Zemer Harel, Kfar Saba (IL); and Avi Rozenfeld, Haifa (IL)
Assigned to Magenta Medical Ltd., Kadima (IL)
Filed by Magenta Medical Ltd., Kadima (IL)
Filed on Oct. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/078,439.
Application 17/078,439 is a continuation of application No. 16/750,354, filed on Jan. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,191,944.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/896,026, filed on Sep. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/870,821, filed on Jul. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/851,716, filed on May 23, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/796,138, filed on Jan. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0052794 A1, Feb. 25, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 60/126 (2021.01); A61M 60/13 (2021.01); A61M 60/135 (2021.01); A61M 60/148 (2021.01); A61M 60/216 (2021.01); A61M 60/237 (2021.01); A61M 60/414 (2021.01); A61M 60/419 (2021.01); A61M 60/422 (2021.01); A61M 60/531 (2021.01); A61M 60/808 (2021.01); A61M 60/818 (2021.01); A61M 60/825 (2021.01); A61M 60/829 (2021.01); A61M 60/857 (2021.01); A61M 60/894 (2021.01); A61M 60/896 (2021.01); B05D 1/02 (2006.01); F04D 29/38 (2006.01); F04D 29/52 (2006.01); F04D 29/54 (2006.01); A61M 60/122 (2021.01); A61M 60/205 (2021.01); A61M 60/804 (2021.01)
CPC A61M 60/148 (2021.01) [A61M 60/126 (2021.01); A61M 60/13 (2021.01); A61M 60/135 (2021.01); A61M 60/216 (2021.01); A61M 60/237 (2021.01); A61M 60/414 (2021.01); A61M 60/419 (2021.01); A61M 60/422 (2021.01); A61M 60/531 (2021.01); A61M 60/808 (2021.01); A61M 60/818 (2021.01); A61M 60/825 (2021.01); A61M 60/829 (2021.01); A61M 60/857 (2021.01); A61M 60/894 (2021.01); A61M 60/896 (2021.01); B05D 1/02 (2013.01); F04D 29/382 (2013.01); F04D 29/526 (2013.01); F04D 29/545 (2013.01); A61M 60/122 (2021.01); A61M 60/205 (2021.01); A61M 60/804 (2021.01); A61M 2205/0216 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3344 (2013.01); A61M 2230/30 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Apparatus comprising:
a left-ventricular assist device configured to assist left-ventricular functioning of a subject, the left-ventricular assist device comprising:
an impeller;
a frame disposed around the impeller, the frame having a length of more than 25 mm, when disposed in a non-radially constrained configuration;
a rigid axial shaft extending from a proximal end of the frame to a distal end of the frame;
a motor configured to be disposed outside a body of a subject, and configured to drive the impeller to pump blood within the subject's body, by rotating;
a drive cable configured to extend from outside the subject's body to the axial shaft, the drive cable being configured to impart rotational motion from the motor to the impeller by rotating, the drive cable being a flexible cable comprising a plurality of coiled wires.