Patent ID: 11964143
Assignee: MAGENTA MEDICAL LTD.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B  F | IPC A  B  F

Claim 0:
1. Apparatus comprising:
a left-ventricular assist device configured to assist left-ventricular functioning of a subject, the left-ventricular assist device comprising:
an impeller;
a frame disposed around the impeller, the frame having a length of more than 25 mm, when disposed in a non-radially constrained configuration;
a rigid axial shaft extending from a proximal end of the frame to a distal end of the frame;
a motor configured to be disposed outside a body of a subject, and configured to drive the impeller to pump blood within the subject's body, by rotating;
a drive cable configured to extend from outside the subject's body to the axial shaft, the drive cable being configured to impart rotational motion from the motor to the impeller by rotating, the drive cable being a flexible cable comprising a plurality of coiled wires.