Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche

Humanitas Mirasole S.p.a.

Eday S.r.l.

Glauber, Mattia

Mattia Glauber

Giorgio Soldani

Angelo Passanante

A bi-directional perfusion cannula comprising a flexible elongated tubefor insertion into an artery having a first apertureat a distal end and a second apertureformed rearward of the first aperture, the elongated tube can be bent in correspondence of the second aperture to orient it in a direction opposite to the insertion direction. The cannula is provided with a tapehaving a first end portion shaped as a ring, fixed on an outer surface of the elongated tube, and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion either coupled to or being integral with a beltdefining a strapwith holesand at least a prongintegral with the strap and configured to engage a respective hole, wherein the belt is configured to be tightened around an outer surface of the artery.

Bi-directional perfusion cannula

A process for the manufacture of a heart valve of polymer material which provides for the deposition of a polymer solution comprising a copolymer which is preferably a copolymer of poly(carbonato-urethane) fluoridate (F-PCU) and intracatenary polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), a PDMS with a functional group outside the chain and a solvent onto a mould using a spray technique associated with phase inversion.

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Milan, Italy

Mattia Glauber