Datascope Investment Corporation

Robert Hoff

Jonathan R Williams

Yefim Kaushansky

A vacuum reservoir, for use with an intra-aortic balloon pump or other system, containing a muffling means having a honeycomb-like cell structure or other flow straightening structure.

Balloon pump system having a pressure reservoir muffler

An intra-aortic balloon pump condensation prevention system comprising a water vapor extracting element. In one embodiment, the water vapor extracting element may comprise a Nafion tube. Said Nafion tube absorbs water vapor in the intra-aortic balloon catheter shuttle gas. The water is then extracted from the Nafion tube by means of a vacuum supply or a dry purge gas. In another embodiment, the water vapor extracting element may comprise a cooled coiled section of tubing. Water vapor which condenses in said coiled section of tubing migrates towards a sump as a result of the intermittent one-way flow of shuttle gas through the water vapor extraction element.

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Cedar Grove, NJ, United States of America

Robert Hoff