EP0929327A1 - Pompe a sang intravasculaire - Google Patents

Pompe a sang intravasculaire

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EP0929327A1
EP0929327A1 EP97919314A EP97919314A EP0929327A1 EP 0929327 A1 EP0929327 A1 EP 0929327A1 EP 97919314 A EP97919314 A EP 97919314A EP 97919314 A EP97919314 A EP 97919314A EP 0929327 A1 EP0929327 A1 EP 0929327A1
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Prior art keywords
pump
intravascular blood
blood pump
blood
pump housing
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Cardiotechnik Gmbh Impella
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Abiomed Europe GmbH
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Impella Cardiosystems GmbH
Impella Cardiotechnik AG
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M60/00—Blood pumps; Devices for mechanical circulatory actuation; Balloon pumps for circulatory assistance
    • A61M60/80—Constructional details other than related to driving
    • A61M60/802—Constructional details other than related to driving of non-positive displacement blood pumps
    • A61M60/833—Occluders for preventing backflow
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M60/00—Blood pumps; Devices for mechanical circulatory actuation; Balloon pumps for circulatory assistance
    • A61M60/10—Location thereof with respect to the patient's body
    • A61M60/122—Implantable pumps or pumping devices, i.e. the blood being pumped inside the patient's body
    • A61M60/126—Implantable pumps or pumping devices, i.e. the blood being pumped inside the patient's body implantable via, into, inside, in line, branching on, or around a blood vessel
    • A61M60/135—Implantable pumps or pumping devices, i.e. the blood being pumped inside the patient's body implantable via, into, inside, in line, branching on, or around a blood vessel inside a blood vessel, e.g. using grafting
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M60/00—Blood pumps; Devices for mechanical circulatory actuation; Balloon pumps for circulatory assistance
    • A61M60/20—Type thereof
    • A61M60/205—Non-positive displacement blood pumps
    • A61M60/216—Non-positive displacement blood pumps including a rotating member acting on the blood, e.g. impeller
    • A61M60/237—Non-positive displacement blood pumps including a rotating member acting on the blood, e.g. impeller the blood flow through the rotating member having mainly axial components, e.g. axial flow pumps
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M60/00—Blood pumps; Devices for mechanical circulatory actuation; Balloon pumps for circulatory assistance
    • A61M60/40—Details relating to driving
    • A61M60/403—Details relating to driving for non-positive displacement blood pumps
    • A61M60/408—Details relating to driving for non-positive displacement blood pumps the force acting on the blood contacting member being mechanical, e.g. transmitted by a shaft or cable
    • A61M60/411—Details relating to driving for non-positive displacement blood pumps the force acting on the blood contacting member being mechanical, e.g. transmitted by a shaft or cable generated by an electromotor
    • A61M60/416—Details relating to driving for non-positive displacement blood pumps the force acting on the blood contacting member being mechanical, e.g. transmitted by a shaft or cable generated by an electromotor transmitted directly by the motor rotor drive shaft
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M60/00—Blood pumps; Devices for mechanical circulatory actuation; Balloon pumps for circulatory assistance
    • A61M60/80—Constructional details other than related to driving
    • A61M60/855—Constructional details other than related to driving of implantable pumps or pumping devices
    • A61M60/857—Implantable blood tubes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M60/00—Blood pumps; Devices for mechanical circulatory actuation; Balloon pumps for circulatory assistance
    • A61M60/80—Constructional details other than related to driving
    • A61M60/855—Constructional details other than related to driving of implantable pumps or pumping devices
    • A61M60/861—Connections or anchorings for connecting or anchoring pumps or pumping devices to parts of the patient's body
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M25/00—Catheters; Hollow probes
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
    • A61M60/00—Blood pumps; Devices for mechanical circulatory actuation; Balloon pumps for circulatory assistance
    • A61M60/10—Location thereof with respect to the patient's body
    • A61M60/122—Implantable pumps or pumping devices, i.e. the blood being pumped inside the patient's body
    • A61M60/126—Implantable pumps or pumping devices, i.e. the blood being pumped inside the patient's body implantable via, into, inside, in line, branching on, or around a blood vessel
    • A61M60/148—Implantable pumps or pumping devices, i.e. the blood being pumped inside the patient's body implantable via, into, inside, in line, branching on, or around a blood vessel in line with a blood vessel using resection or like techniques, e.g. permanent endovascular heart assist devices

Definitions

  • the invention is based on an intravascular blood pump with a drive part containing a motor and a pump part firmly connected thereto, the pump part having a tubular housing and an impeller rotatably arranged therein.
  • a pump is known from the journal "The International Journal of Artificial Organs", Volume 18, No. 5 (1995), pages 273 to 285. It is introduced into the vascular system of the body by puncturing a blood vessel and advanced to the heart or to another location where blood is to be pumped.
  • a blood pump is known from EP 0 157 859 B1, in which the drive part and the pump part are structurally combined are. This pump is implantable, but it is not an intravascular blood pump that can be inserted into the body in a minimally invasive manner.
  • Intravascular blood pumps must have an outside diameter that is small enough not to clog a blood vessel.
  • the largest permissible outside diameter is of the order of about 7 mm. If the drive part is arranged in the vicinity of the pump part, the performance of the drive part is limited due to the structural restrictions. It is therefore important to make full use of the pump performance and to minimize power and flow losses.
  • the invention has for its object to provide an intravascular blood pump that can be used with high efficiency inside a blood vessel, especially outside the aorta.
  • the drive part is combined with the pump part to form a structural unit.
  • the blood pump is placed in front of the respective organ in an organ-supplying vessel in such a way that the pump part with a central suction opening precedes the drive part in the flow direction. is stored.
  • a blocking device is provided on the pump part, which prevents a flow short circuit along the outside of the pump housing. In this way it is avoided that fluid / blood from the outlet side of the pump passes the pump housing to the inlet side. All the blood drawn in is conveyed past the drive part in the direction of flow.
  • the use of the claimed pump is therefore not limited to an introduction into the aorta, where the aortic valve can act as a shut-off device.
  • the risk of the pump getting stuck to the vessel is minimized due to the central suction opening in the vessel. Since the entire blood flow flows along the drive part, it is ensured that the pressure built up by the pump keeps the elastic vessel open even if the vessel diameter almost corresponds to that of the pump part or the drive part.
  • the outflow between the motor and the vessel also ensures that the heat generated in the drive is transported away without causing blood damage due to excessive surface temperatures (above 41 ° C.).
  • a centering device protruding from the circumference of the drive part is expediently provided, which on the one hand keeps the outflow channel open and on the other hand centers the drive part in the blood vessel. Furthermore, the centering device, together with the blocking device, prevents the entire pump from rotating and axially moving in the blood vessel.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic representation of the intravascular blood pump inside a blood vessel
  • Fig. 2 shows a second embodiment of the blood pump inside a blood vessel.
  • the blood pump is inside a blood vessel 10, e.g. an artery.
  • the blood pump has a drive part 11 and a pump part 12, which are firmly connected to one another, but have an axial distance.
  • the drive part 11 contains a drive motor. It is connected at its rear end to a catheter 13 through which the supply and control lines for the motor 14 pass.
  • the pump part 12 has a tubular pump housing 15, which is arranged coaxially with the rotor and forms a suction opening 16 at one end.
  • An impeller 17 can be rotated in the pump housing 15, which has a hub 18 which widens in the flow direction and vanes 19 projecting radially therefrom.
  • the hub 18 either sits on the output shaft of the motor 14 or it is freely rotatably mounted and coupled to the output shaft of the motor via a magnetic coupling.
  • the motor 14 and the pump housing 15 have approximately the same diameter. This diameter is in the range from 5 to 8 mm, so that the blood pump does not block the blood vessel 10.
  • the blood flow leaving the pump housing 15 then flows along the outside of the motor 14.
  • an expandable locking device 20 is attached, which consists of a flexible sealing screen, which is generally frustoconical in shape and is attached to the pump housing with its smaller end, while the larger end opens up and against the Lay the wall of the blood vessel 10 or fold it up and lay against the pump housing 15 on the outside.
  • the flexible sealing screen forming the blocking device 20 acts like a check valve.
  • the sealing screen opens up and closes the annular space between the pump housing and the vessel wall. This prevents blood from flowing back from the outlet side 22 of the pump to the inlet side 21. The entire blood flow is thus forced to flow along the motor 14.
  • the drive part 11 is provided with a centering device 23 which protrudes from its circumference in the form of spring-like ribs which protrude outwards.
  • a suction hose 25 projecting forward is fastened to the pump housing 15, which projects centrally into the blood vessel and has openings for the entry of blood at its end.
  • the suction hose 25 is sealingly connected to the cylindrical pump housing 15 and extends it forward.
  • the blocking device 20a in FIG. 2 consists of an annular balloon which is fastened to the pump housing 15 or to the suction hose 25. This balloon is connected to a lumen of the catheter 13 so that it can be inflated extracorporeally with gas or liquid. The balloon prevents the backflow of blood and a centering of the pump part 12 and suction tube 25 in the blood vessel.

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Anesthesiology (AREA)
  • Biomedical Technology (AREA)
  • Hematology (AREA)
  • Cardiology (AREA)
  • Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
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  • Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
  • Vascular Medicine (AREA)
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Abstract

L'invention concerne une pompe à sang intravasculaire comprenant une partie d'entraînement (11) et une partie de pompage (12) solidarisée avec la partie précédente. Ces deux parties sont reliées à un cathéter (13) et peuvent être introduites dans un vaisseau sanguin (10). Le carter de pompe (15) tubulaire de la partie de pompage (12) est muni d'un dispositif de verrouillage (20) qui sépare le côté aspiration (21) du côté pression et évite ainsi un éventuel court-circuitage de l'écoulement.
EP97919314A 1996-04-04 1997-04-02 Pompe a sang intravasculaire Withdrawn EP0929327A1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

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DE19613565 1996-04-04
DE19613565A DE19613565C1 (de) 1996-04-04 1996-04-04 Intravasale Blutpumpe
PCT/EP1997/001660 WO1997037697A1 (fr) 1996-04-04 1997-04-02 Pompe a sang intravasculaire

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EP0929327A1 true EP0929327A1 (fr) 1999-07-21

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JP (1) JP2001515375A (fr)
CA (1) CA2250993A1 (fr)
DE (1) DE19613565C1 (fr)
WO (1) WO1997037697A1 (fr)

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