(19)
(11)EP 2 692 369 A8

(12)CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15)Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48)Corrigendum issued on:
02.04.2014 Bulletin 2014/14

(43)Date of publication:
05.02.2014 Bulletin 2014/06

(21)Application number: 12005545.4

(22)Date of filing:  31.07.2012
(51)International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61M 1/10(2006.01)
(84)Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(71)Applicant: Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen
52062 Aachen (DE)

(72)Inventors:
  • Hsu, Po-lin
    52067 Aachen (DE)
  • Steinseifer, Ulrich, Prof.
    4730 Hauset (BE)
  • Parker, Jack, Dr.
    6291 KN Vaals (NL)
  • Autschbach, Rüdiger, Prof. Dr.
    52074 Aachen (DE)

(74)Representative: Cohausz Hannig Borkowski Wißgott 
Patent- und Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Schumannstrasse 97-99
40237 Düsseldorf
40237 Düsseldorf (DE)

  


(54)Axial flow blood pump device


(57) The invention relates to an axial flow blood pump device comprising an integrated electromagnetic drive with a stationary stator assembly and a rotatable impeller assembly, wherein the stationary stator assembly at least comprises stator windings (3) and a bearing system (4) supporting the rotatable impeller assembly, the impeller assembly comprising at least one blade (9) and permanent magnets (10) interacting with the stator windings (3), wherein the stationary stator assembly comprises supporting elements (8) for mounting, in particular coaxially mounting the device in the interior of an anchoring system (7) being implantable into a vessel. The invention furthermore relates to a system comprising a device according to any of the preceding claims and a anchoring system (7), in particular a stent (7) surrounding the device, wherein the anchoring system (7) and the device, in particular the at least one blade (9) and the supporting members (8) of the device are in a collapsed / compressed / folded state for implanting the system into a vessel, the system being expandable / unfoldable after implantation.