US 12,420,081 B2
Blood pump for supporting heart function and method for producing a pump housing of a blood pump
Kim Winterwerber, Erlangen (DE)
Assigned to Berlin Heart GmbH, Berlin (DE)
Appl. No. 17/296,433
Filed by Berlin Heart GmbH, Berlin (DE)
PCT Filed Nov. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/082390
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 24, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/109216, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 18208218 (EP), filed on Nov. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0016411 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A61M 60/816 (2021.01); A61M 60/148 (2021.01); A61M 60/178 (2021.01); A61M 60/216 (2021.01); A61M 60/531 (2021.01); A61M 60/554 (2021.01)
CPC A61M 60/816 (2021.01) [A61M 60/148 (2021.01); A61M 60/178 (2021.01); A61M 60/216 (2021.01); A61M 60/531 (2021.01); A61M 60/554 (2021.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A blood pump for supporting heart function, comprising:
an implantable pump housing; and
a fiber optic sensor including an optical fiber, the optical fiber being at least partially accommodated in a housing part of the pump housing;
wherein the optical fiber is embedded into the housing part and contacts the housing part along at least a portion of the length of the optical fiber the contact providing a plastic-free seal between the optical fiber and the housing part and extending around a circumference of the optical fiber.