US 12,133,978 B2
Blood pumps
Yosi Tuval, Even Yehuda (IL); Ehud Schwammenthal, Ra'anana (IL); Daniel Glozman, Kfar Yona (IL); and Gad Lubinksy, Ein Vered (IL)
Assigned to Magenta Medical Ltd., Kadima (IL)
Filed by Magenta Medical Ltd., Kadima (IL)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/130,698.
Application 18/130,698 is a continuation of application No. 17/320,742, filed on May 14, 2021, granted, now 11,648,392.
Application 17/320,742 is a continuation of application No. 16/345,389, granted, now 11,033,727, issued on Jun. 15, 2021, previously published as PCT/IL2017/051273, filed on Nov. 21, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/425,814, filed on Nov. 23, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0233841 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 60/833 (2021.01); A61M 60/13 (2021.01); A61M 60/139 (2021.01); A61M 60/216 (2021.01); A61M 60/416 (2021.01); A61M 60/531 (2021.01); A61M 60/585 (2021.01); A61M 60/804 (2021.01); A61M 60/818 (2021.01); A61M 60/414 (2021.01)
CPC A61M 60/833 (2021.01) [A61M 60/13 (2021.01); A61M 60/139 (2021.01); A61M 60/216 (2021.01); A61M 60/416 (2021.01); A61M 60/531 (2021.01); A61M 60/585 (2021.01); A61M 60/804 (2021.01); A61M 60/818 (2021.01); A61M 60/414 (2021.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a catheter;
first and second impellers configured to be inserted into a subject's body via the catheter, the first and second impellers being disposed in series with each other;
a first impeller cage configured to be disposed around the first impeller;
a second impeller cage configured to be disposed around the second impeller;
a sleeve configured to extend longitudinally along more than 50 percent of a distance between the first and second impellers wherein the sleeve is separate from the first and second impeller cages.