Blood pump assembly, system and methods

Abstract

Title: Blood pump assembly, system and methods Abstract Blood pump assembly (1) for blood circulation in a mammal, comprising: a flexible wall structure (2) bounding a first pump chamber (3); a first blood inlet (4) for blood to flow into the first pump chamber (3); and a first blood outlet (5) for blood to flow out of the first pump chamber (3). A series of pouches (6) distributed along a circumferential direction (CD) of the first pump chamber (3) is arranged to cause contraction of the wall structure (2) upon filling of the pouches (6). The assembly (1) is configured to be fluidically connected to a drive unit (7) for driving a driving fluid into the pouches (6) for filling the pouches (6). [Fig. 3A]