Patent ID: 9624926
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: A61F,F04C,F04D,F25B,F25D

Claim:
1. A fluid pump assembly, comprising: a pump support platform supporting a motor; and a pump removably engaged with the pump support platform, the pump pumping working fluid to and from an intravascular catheter, the motor being removably coupled to the pump to provide power to the pump when the pump is engaged with the pump support platform; a magnet extending from the pump and coupled thereto: a cup-shaped member coupled to the motor to receive the magnet and magnetically engage the magnet such that as the cup-shaped member is rotated by the motor it causes the magnet to rotate which, in turn, causes the pump to pump fluid, wherein the pump support platform includes a first arcuate support collar and a second arcuate support collar, the collars being received in a pump bore in the pump support platform, the pump being received by the support collars in the pump bore.