Systems and methods for determining the positioning of intracardiac devices, such as intracardiac blood pump assemblies, using electrical sensors configured to sense electrical potential as it propagates through the heart. In one example, the present technology provides an intracardiac device with one or more electrical sensors mounted thereon, and a controller configured to determine the absolute or relative location of the intracardiac device based on the timing, shape, and/or amplitude of the electrical signals received from the one or more sensors.

An impeller for a pump is disclosed herein. The impeller can include a hub having a fixed end and a free end. The impeller can also have a plurality of blades supported by the hub. Each blade can have a fixed end coupled to the hub and a free end. The impeller can have a stored configuration and a deployed configuration, the blades in the deployed configuration extending away from the hub, and the blades in the stored configuration being compressed against the hub.

A pump intended to be immersed in a fluid, including a housing, a brushless motor unit formed by a stator in which first magnetic elements are disposed, a rotor having second magnetic elements intended for magnetic coupling with the first magnetic elements of the stator, a transmission shaft connected to the rotor and constituting, in its upper part, a turbine, the turbine includes, at its apex, an output pivot interacting with a guide fastened to the housing, the guide having a complementary shape to that of the output pivot so as to keep the output pivot stable in rotation and to form a space between the output pivot and the guide, and the guide includes a central opening in the axis of rotation of the output pivot for a passage of fluid from the inside of the housing to the outside via the space and the opening.

An implantable fluid pump system is disclosed for supporting or initiating flow inside a hollow organ through which fluid circulates, in particular the heart. The fluid pump system comprises an intracardiac module, which includes two separate fluid channels, each of which possesses an intracardiac fluid channel opening and, located opposite the latter, an extracardiac fluid channel opening, a fastening module, which provides a joining contour for purposes of joining onto the intracardiac module in a fluid-tight manner, and a fastening structure for purposes of intracorporeal fastening onto the hollow organ, and a pump module, which can be mounted in a releasable manner directly or indirectly onto the intracardiac module, and can be attached in a fluid-tight manner to the extracardiac fluid channel openings in order to produce a fluid-tight connection of both fluid channels.

Disclosed herein is a catheter pump that includes an expandable cannula and an impeller system. The expandable cannula defines a blood flow channel and includes an impeller blade zone, an inlet zone, and an outlet zone. The catheter pump further includes an impeller system including an impeller body, the impeller system movable relative to the expandable cannula along a longitudinal axis of the catheter pump. The catheter pump is selectively transitionable between a separated configuration in which the impeller body is axially spaced from the expandable cannula along the longitudinal axis, and an operational configuration in which the impeller body is positioned within the impeller blade zone of the expandable cannula.

An intraventricular pump including a fixed housing with a top part forming a propulsion chamber propelling fluid towards the top end, and a bottom part forming a stator and connected to the top part, at least one side opening between the top part and the bottom part, and forming an inlet chamber for fluid entry from the outside towards the propulsion chamber, a motor unit formed by the stator in which first magnetic elements are arranged, a bell-shaped rotor including second magnetic elements for magnetic coupling with the stator first magnetic elements, the bell having at least one opening in its top part creating a reverse fluid flow from the inlet chamber to the base of the stator via a rotor-to-stator passage, a transmission shaft including at least one connecting arm holding the bell above the stator, the transmission shaft coinciding with the bell rotational axis being coaxial.

In various embodiments, a catheter pump is disclosed herein. The catheter pump can include an elongated catheter body having a distal portion including an expandable cannula having an inlet and an outlet. The expandable cannula can have a delivery profile and an operational profile larger than the delivery profile. An impeller assembly can include an impeller shaft, and an impeller body can include one or more blades. The impeller blades can draw blood into the cannula when rotated. Further, an expandable support can have a mounting portion disposed on the impeller shaft distal of the impeller body and a cannula contact portion for reducing a change in tip gap due to bending of the cannula. The cannula contact portion can be disposed distal of the mounting portion.

Some embodiments of percutaneous ventricular assist devices have a two-part design that includes a housing component and a separately deployable rotatable inner catheter component. The housing component can include an expandable pump housing. The inner catheter can include an expandable pump impeller and an associated flexible drive shaft. The drive shaft can be coupled to a motor located external to the patient. The motor can rotate the drive shaft to spin the pump impeller inside of the pump housing, causing blood to be pumped within the patient. In some embodiments, the pump impeller is inflatable or self-expandable. The two-part percutaneous ventricular assist devices with inflatable or self-expandable pump impellers are designed to have very small delivery profiles. Accordingly, various deployment modalities, including radial artery deployment, are practicable using the two-part percutaneous ventricular assist devices described herein.

The invention relates to a catheter device, comprising a drive shaft extending from a driving region of the catheter device to a distal end region of the catheter device, a rotor which is attached to the drive shaft in the distal end region and a distal bearing for bearing a distal end of the drive shaft. The distal bearing comprises a drive shaft cover which is configured to cover a section of the drive shaft extending distally of the rotor. On a distal side of the rotor, a radially inner part of the rotor is recessed with respect to radially outer parts of the rotor to form a hollow space surrounding the drive shaft, wherein a proximal end of the drive shaft cover lies in said hollow space.

A cardiac assist device (1) with a cup element (2), an inner balloon element (5) and a tube element (6). The cup element (2) has a cup wall (2a), one or more in-flow openings (3), and an outflow element (4 having an aperture (4a). The inner balloon element (5) is positioned inside the cup element (2) free from the outflow element (4). The tube element (6) is arranged for inflating and deflating the inner balloon element (5) during operation. During operation in a pumping operational mode, the combination of first material, dimensions of the cup wall (2a), and dimensions of the outflow element (4) provides a containment force by the cup element (2) counteracting an outward directed force of the inner balloon element (5).