Patent ID: 11913467
Assignee: ECP ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC F  A | IPC A  F

Claim 1:
2. A radially compressible and expandable rotor for a blood pump, the rotor comprising:
at least one impeller blade, wherein the at least one impeller blade has an axis of rotation and an impeller blade body made of a material that is elastically deformable; and
a plurality of stiffening struts that are at least partially embedded in the impeller blade body, wherein the plurality of stiffening struts comprise at least a first stiffening strut and a second stiffening strut, and the first stiffening strut is connected to the second stiffening strut;
wherein the first stiffening strut comprises a second end remote from the axis of rotation of the at least one impeller blade and the second stiffening strut comprises a second end remote from the axis of rotation of the at least one impeller blade, and the first stiffening strut and the second stiffening strut are connected to one another at their second ends.