REDUCED THROMBOSIS BLOOD PUMP WITH WASHOUT BEARING

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Benjamin Breidall of Eden Prairie MN (US)

REDUCED THROMBOSIS BLOOD PUMP WITH WASHOUT BEARING

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18949170 titled 'REDUCED THROMBOSIS BLOOD PUMP WITH WASHOUT BEARING

Original Abstract Submitted

A bearing assembly is configured to retain an end of an impeller of a blood pump and includes a thrust plate having a distal-facing surface and an impeller bearing surface configured to be disposed adjacent the distal-facing surface such that a gap is defined between the distal-facing surface of the thrust plate and the impeller bearing surface. The impeller bearing surface includes at least one washout blade disposed thereon and configured to facilitate blood flow through the gap.