Patent ID: 11944800
Assignee: MAGENTA MEDICAL LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B  F | IPC A  B  F

Claim 7:
8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein:
the distal-tip portion defines a radially-converging shape, and is configured to be placed within a left ventricle of the subject while impeller pumps the subject's blood;
and the inflatable portion is configured to define:
a) a deflated state, the distal-tip portion being configured to function as a dilator, during insertion of the blood pump via a puncture in skin of the subject, when the inflatable portion is in its deflated state,
b) a first inflation state in which the inflatable portion is configured to prevent the distal-tip portion from causing trauma to vasculature of the subject, during advancement of the distal-tip portion through the subject's vasculature, and
c) a second inflation state, in which the inflatable portion is more fully inflated than in the first inflation state, the inflatable portion when in its second inflation state being configured to separate the one or more blood inlet openings from inner structures of the subject's left ventricle in three dimensions, when the distal-tip portion is disposed within the subject's left ventricle.