Patent ID: 8690749

Claim:
A cardiac augmentation pump having a compressible construction which allows for a minimally invasive pump implantation and augmentation of cardiac flow, comprising: a cylindrical-shaped support that is operatively capable of suspending a motor within the vascular system while also supporting an impeller pump that can be made to be collapsible; a main stent body which is operatively capable of expanding during said minimally invasive pump implantation; an impeller pump support coupled to said main stent body through a plurality of struts and vanes; an expandable woven medical textile fabric supporting an expandable wire network defining electromagnetic elements placed onto said main stent body and operably capable of expanding with said main stent body using said minimally invasive pump implantation into a pre-arranged configuration; a fluid impeller having impeller blades; a central rotating element supported by said impeller pump support on which the impeller blades are movably coupled; and electromagnetic elements coupled with said central rotating element and capable of operably interacting with said expandable wire network when expanded into said pre-arranged configuration to thereby define a motor; and wherein said cylindrical-shaped support further comprises a superstructure with said motor integrated therein and which is self-expanding and will restore to a predictable configuration while allowing for full expansion of said impeller suspended within.