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

Claim 0:
1. 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 rotor is hubless and the plurality of the stiffening struts extend in a radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation of the at least one impeller blade from a first axial spacing to a second axial spacing.