US 12,076,548 B2
Blood pump with pivotable housing
Brett Struthers, Victoria, MN (US); Thomas P. Jancaric, Maple Grove, MN (US); and Matthew Boyer, Columbia Heights, MN (US)
Assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Boston Scientific Scimed Inc, Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed on Mar. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/189,932.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/984,327, filed on Mar. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0275796 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 60/216 (2021.01); A61M 60/419 (2021.01); A61M 60/804 (2021.01)
CPC A61M 60/216 (2021.01) [A61M 60/419 (2021.01); A61M 60/804 (2021.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A blood pump, comprising:
an impeller assembly housing;
an impeller assembly disposed within the impeller assembly housing and having an impeller configured to cause blood to flow through the pump;
a motor housing;
a motor disposed within the motor housing and configured to drive the impeller; and
a pivotable housing connector coupled, at a first end, to a distal end of the motor housing and, at a second end, to a proximal end of the impeller assembly housing, and
wherein the impeller assembly housing and the motor housing are configured to be delivered through an aorta of a patient;
wherein the pivotable housing connector comprises a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion is coupled to the second portion by a mechanical pivot joint.