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1. A heart pump apparatus for assisting the heart of a human patient, the heart pump apparatus comprising
a turbine pump comprising: a rotating body being center axis free, and being adapted to be placed in the blood stream of the patient to provide the heart of the human patient with additional pumping capacity, and having a longitudinal centre in line with and surrounded by the blood stream from inlet to outlet of the rotating body, and a plurality of separate blades mounted internally in the rotating body, the blades extending radially internally in the rotating body in relation to the outgoing blood stream, each blade having a first end attached to the rotating body and a second outer free end, which second free end is placed at a distance from the centre of the rotating body, the plurality of blades' second outer free ends surrounding the axis free centre of the rotating body, wherein the heart pump apparatus further comprises at least a second rotating body, and wherein the rotating body and the at least second rotating body can be implanted in sequence in the same blood vessel, and wherein one rotating body is adapted to rotate clockwise and the following other rotating body is adapted to rotate counter clockwise, or vice versa. |