US 11,806,518 B2
Passive thrust bearing angle
Christopher M. Michelena, Miami, FL (US); David A. Schafir, Miami Shores, FL (US); Fernando Casas, Miami Lakes, FL (US); and Mustafa Ertan Taskin, Cooper City, FL (US)
Assigned to HeartWare, Inc., Miami Lakes, FL (US)
Filed by HeartWare, Inc., Miami Lakes, FL (US)
Filed on Nov. 19, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/952,613.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/959,458, filed on Jan. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0213186 A1, Jul. 15, 2021
Int. Cl. A61M 60/824 (2021.01); F04D 7/00 (2006.01); F04D 29/18 (2006.01); F04D 29/041 (2006.01); F16C 27/08 (2006.01); A61M 60/148 (2021.01); A61M 60/419 (2021.01)
CPC A61M 60/824 (2021.01) [A61M 60/148 (2021.01); A61M 60/419 (2021.01); F04D 7/00 (2013.01); F04D 29/041 (2013.01); F04D 29/181 (2013.01); F16C 27/08 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0266 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0294 (2013.01); A61M 2205/04 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3523 (2013.01); A61M 2205/825 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01); F16C 2360/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An impeller for an implantable blood pump, comprising:
at least one deformable thrust bearing disposed on a surface of a body of the impeller, wherein the deformable thrust bearing is configured to experience centrifugal forces when the body of the impellor rotates, and
wherein the deformable thrust bearing is configured to deform outward relative to the surface when the deformable thrust bearing experiences the centrifugal forces.