Battelle Memorial Institute

Pharos, LLC

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Tc1 LLC

Thoratec Corporation

Monzyk, Bruce F.

Thoratec Delaware LLC

Burckle, Eric C.

Kurt Dasse

Bruce F Monzyk

Barry N Gellman

Andrew Koert

J Scott Richardson

Eric C Burckle

The invention relates to a pump-inflow-cannula () providing a blood conduit from a heart () and/or from an associated vessel to an external blood handling system. The pump-inflow-cannula comprises a body (), encompassing an essentially axially extending inflow-lumen (), having a distal-end () for an attachment of the inflow-lumen () to the blood handling system, and having a proximal-end () for an introduction of blood from the heart () and/or from the associated vessel into the inflow-lumen (), wherein at least one projection () is provided at the proximal-end () to deflect a heart muscle from intruding into the inflow-lumen (), wherein the body () of the pump-inflow-cannula comprises a reinforcement-means (). The invention is also related to a pump-outflow-cannula () and to a blood managing system comprising a pump-inflow-cannula and a pump-outflow-cannula in accordance with the present invention.

Pump-inflow-cannula, a pump-outflow-cannula and a blood managing system

The present invention is directed to a photolytic artificial lung. The photolytic artificial lung converts water to oxygen for blood absorption, regulates pH, the removes carbon dioxide, and co-produces electrical power is disclosed. The photolytic artificial lung includes a photolytic cell where all of the chemical reactions occur. The photolytic cell disclosed herein can also be used to direct chemical reactions in organs other than the lung. Also disclosed herein is a gas sorption device for removing carbon dioxide from the system by chemical sorption.

Photolytic artificial lung

The present invention is directed to a photolytic cell, and to a photolytic artificial lung incorporating such a cell. The photolytic artificial lung converts water to oxygen for blood absorption, regulates pH, the removes carbon dioxide, and co-produces electrical power. The photolytic artificial lung includes a photolytic cell where all of the chemical reactions occur. Additionally, the present invention relates to photolytically sensitive materials for oxygen generation. These materials are useful for gas-free artificial lung fabrication. The photolytic cell disclosed herein can also be used to direct chemical reactions in organs other than the lung. It can also be used to maintain breathing air in confined systems.

Photolytic cell for providing physiological gas exchange

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Kurt Dasse