Patent ID: 9364593
Filing Date: 2016-06-14
CPC Classification: A61M,B33Y,F04D,F05B

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for inducing motion of a fluid relative to the apparatus, the apparatus comprising: an expandable cannula having a mesh comprising an undulating pattern, the expandable cannula having a proximal portion and a distal portion and a plurality of struts, each strut of the plurality extending from the proximal portion of the expandable cannula to a non-expandable portion of the apparatus, the proximal portion of the expandable cannula being expandable, the expandable cannula and the struts arranged to facilitate recollapse of the cannula; and an impeller positioned, at least in part, in an expandable portion of the expandable cannula, the impeller positioned distal the non-expandable portion of the apparatus.