A-Med Systems, Inc.

Maquet Cardiovascular LLC

Other

Walid Najib Aboul-Hosn

William Russell Kanz

Bruce A Baker

Michael Guidera

Kelly J McCrystle

Robert G Matheny

Jodi Akin

Jonathan D Spangler

Rosalind Castor

Allan deDios

Roland W Ziegler

Desmond P O'Connell

Roland W Zieglier

Richard Milson

Scott Youmans

Terry M Wonder

Dale Scribner

Eloy T Padilla

Sedig Noor

James W Cartwright

Damien Shulock

Michael DeVries

An improved intravascular blood pump and related methods involving the broad inventive concept of equipping the intravascular blood pump with guiding features such that the intravascular blood pump can be selectively positioned at a predetermined location within the circulatory system of a patient.

Guidable intravascular blood pump and related methods

A cannula is provided with one or more pressure transducers for measuring fluid pressure interiorly or exteriorly of the cannula. The pressure transducers may be mounted integrally with the tubular wall defining the main lumen of the cannula, or they may comprise differential pressure transducers mounted in dedicated lumens in communication with the main lumen. The pressure measurements from the transducers is used to determine fluid flow rate.

A cannulation system for cardiac support uses an inner cannula disposed within an outer cannula. The outer cannula includes a fluid inlet for placement within the right atrium of a heart. The inner cannula includes a fluid inlet extending through the fluid inlet of the outer cannula and the atrial septum for placement within at least one of the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart. The cannulation system also employs a pumping assembly coupled to the inner and outer cannulas to withdraw blood from the right atrium for delivery to the pulmonary artery to provide right heart support, or to withdraw blood from at least one of the left atrium and left ventricle for delivery into the aorta to provide left heart support, or both.

Left and right side heart support

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Fair Oaks, CA, United States of America

Walid Najib Aboul-Hosn