Granted Patent
B2
US 12,553,452 · App. 18/628,866 · Granted Feb 17, 2026
Pump arrangement
Assignee:
ECP ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
F04F5/10A61M60/135A61M60/17A61M60/211A61M60/237A61M60/414A61M60/416A61M60/825F04D3/00F04D7/00F04D29/026F04D29/181F04D29/528A61M60/148A61M60/577
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Abstract
The subject matter of the present invention is a pump arrangement, in particular for use in the body's own vessels, having a pump and a sheath receiving the pump, bounding a flow passage and having a distal intake opening and a proximal outflow opening for producing a driving flow by means of the pump, wherein the pump is arranged in a first fluid-tight section having the distal intake opening and a second fluid-tight section includes the proximal outflow opening. In accordance with the invention, a further inlet opening is present between the first section, and the second section and is arranged between the intake opening and the outflow opening, with the first section and the second section being arranged with respect to one another such that the inlet opening opens into the flow proximal to the pump.
Claims (21)
1 . A blood pump assembly, comprising:
a rotor; and
a sheath receiving the rotor, the sheath bounding a flow passage and having a distal intake opening and a proximal outflow opening, the sheath comprising:
a first fluid-tight section including the distal intake opening and the rotor;
a second fluid-tight section including the proximal outflow opening; and
an inlet opening disposed between the first fluid-tight section and the second fluid-tight section, the first fluid-tight section and the second fluid-tight section being arranged such that the inlet opening opens into the flow passage proximal to the rotor,
wherein the first fluid-tight section and the second fluid-tight section are connected to one another and are formed as a single piece.
2 . The blood pump assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first fluid-tight section and the second fluid-tight section are not formed as separate components.
3 . The blood pump assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first fluid-tight section and the second fluid-tight section have a material continuity.
4 . The blood pump assembly of claim 1 , wherein a proximal end of the first fluid-tight section is connected to a distal end of the second fluid-tight section.
5 . The blood pump assembly of claim 1 , wherein the inlet opening is formed as an intake passage extending between the first fluid-tight section and the second fluid-tight section.
6 . The blood pump assembly of claim 1 , wherein the second fluid-tight section includes at least one partial region made from a flexible material.
7 . The blood pump assembly of claim 6 , wherein the flexible material is an elastic material.
8 . The blood pump assembly of claim 6 , wherein the flexible material is formed of polyurethane, polyethylene, polypropylene, or silicone.
9 . The blood pump assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first fluid-tight section is formed as a jacket of a pump housing that surrounds the rotor.
10 . The blood pump assembly of claim 9 , wherein the second fluid-tight section is connected to the pump housing.
11 . The blood pump assembly of claim 9 , wherein the pump housing is formed as a mesh comprising a plurality of nitinol struts arranged to cross such that a plurality of housing apertures are formed.
12 . The blood pump assembly of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of housing apertures are diamond-shaped.
13 . The blood pump assembly of claim 1 , wherein the sheath is radially compressible.
14 . The blood pump assembly of claim 1 , wherein a rotatable shaft is present on which the rotor is arranged.
15 . The blood pump assembly of claim 1 , wherein the rotor is compressible.
Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Aug 15, 2025
From: LIEBING, REINER
To: ECP ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
Reel/Frame 072034/0748 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 10075202
· May 17, 2010
· regional
Continuity (7)
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