Percutaneous Heart Pump (PHP)

Innovative catheter-based pump; a potentially breakthrough
technology addressing a new market opportunity for
Thoratec—percutaneous acute cardiac support.

• Low-profile percutaneous device
• Collapsible elastomeric impeller and nitinol cannula;
  expands to full size (~24F) once in position
• Designed to deliver over 4L per minute of flow under
  normal physiologic conditions