US 12,465,744 B2
Impeller housing for an implantable, vascular support system
Armin Schuelke, Aidlingen (DE); Ingo Stotz, Ditzingen (DE); Johannes Bette, Leonberg (DE); and David Minzenmay, Stuttgart (DE)
Assigned to KARDION GMBH, Stuttgart (DE)
Appl. No. 17/258,861
Filed by KARDION GMBH, Stuttgart (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 9, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/068434
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 27, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/011797, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102018211328.9 (DE), filed on Jul. 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0379355 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 60/818 (2021.01); A61M 60/178 (2021.01); A61M 60/221 (2021.01); A61M 60/237 (2021.01); A61M 60/81 (2021.01)
CPC A61M 60/221 (2021.01) [A61M 60/178 (2021.01); A61M 60/237 (2021.01); A61M 60/81 (2021.01); A61M 60/818 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. A cardiac support system, comprising:
an impeller housing comprising:
an impeller housing body comprising a first longitudinal portion and a second longitudinal portion;
at least one holder comprising a bearing seat disposed in the first longitudinal portion and a plurality of struts extending radially outwardly from the bearing seat and comprising a plurality of radially outward facing ends, the bearing seat being configured to hold a bearing configured to rotatably mount an impeller in a center of a cross-section of the impeller housing body, wherein the cross-section of the impeller housing body is configured to receive blood flow therethrough, wherein the first longitudinal portion comprises a plurality of recesses, each of the plurality of recesses configured to receive at least a portion of one of the plurality of radially outward facing ends of the at least one holder, and wherein the at least one holder and the first longitudinal portion of the impeller housing body are connected to one another by a form-locking connection or by a material-locking or force-locking connection; and
at least one opening disposed in a lateral surface of the second longitudinal portion, the at least one opening configured to receive blood flow.