Sorin Group Italia S.r.l.

Livanova Usa, Inc.

Dideco S.p.a.

Francesco Benatti

Claudio Silvestri

Clara Pandolfini

Stefano Reggiani

Giampaolo Simonini

Andrea Zaniboni

Hubert S Smith, Iii

Adriano Mazzoli

Stefano Spro

Sara Menozzi

Bryan C Journey

Iii Hubert S Smith

A cannula fixation device includes a base having a platform; a subject-interface portion having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface coupled to the base and the lower surface configured to be coupled to a subject; and a clip assembly configured to retain a portion of a cannula. The clip assembly is moveably coupled to the base such that the clip assembly can be selectively positioned in a first position relative to the base or a second position relative to the base.

Cannula fixation device

An apparatus includes a blood-flow-management assembly shaped to define a cylindrical aperture. The blood-flow-management assembly includes a blood collector having drainage holes configured to direct blood to a guide surface positioned below the blood collector. The guide surface may further include ribs that manage blood flow along the guide surface.

Blood reservoir with blood-handling assembly

A blood processing apparatus includes a housing, a shell, a fiber bundle, and an elastic tube. The housing has a blood inlet and a blood outlet and the shell is situated in the housing and configured to receive blood through the blood inlet. The shell includes a surface and one or more apertures extending through the surface to permit the blood to flow to an exterior of the shell. The fiber bundle includes gas exchanger hollow fibers situated about the shell such that gas flows through and the blood flows across the gas exchanger hollow fibers. The elastic tube includes a fiber web situated about the fiber bundle and configured to elastically constrain and protect the gas exchanger hollow fibers during the insertion into the housing. The fiber web has a pore size that permits the blood to flow across the fiber web without filtering micro-emboli from the blood.

Elastic protection tube for a hollow fiber blood processing apparatus

A venous reservoir including a single inlet line clamp capable of partially or completely restricting blood flow to the venous reservoir. The venous reservoir is provided with a rigid back plate or bracket that can accommodate an inlet line capable of joining to at least one blood inlet port. The rigid back plate or bracket can accommodate a clamp capable of completely or partially closing the inlet line containing both the cardiotomy line and the venous line to manually control the blood flow drained from the patient.

Venous bag clamping mechanism

An intraoperative autotransfusion system and method of use. The system includes an autotransfusion device, a removable cassette, a cardiotomy reservoir, a container for holding washing fluid, and a reservoir for containing processed blood. The removable cassette includes a centrifugal cell, a peristaltic pump, and multiple clamps, each having fixed and sliding elements. The cassette has a housing and multiple ducts for connection to the cardiotomy reservoir.

Intraoperative autotransfusion device

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Concordia Sulla Secchia, Italy

Francesco Benatti