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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Heartware, Inc., Miami Lakes, FL (US);
Inventors:
Jeffrey A. LaRose, Sunrise, FL (US);
Lance Lynn Andrus, Southborough, MA (US);
Assignee:
HeartWare, Inc., Miami Lakes, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61M 1/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/1008 (2014.02); A61B 17/02 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0243 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for protecting heart tissue from an implanted inlet element of a blood pump. The apparatus includes a flange member having a first radially constricted configuration and a second radially expanded configuration, the flange member being biased in its second radially expanded configuration. The flange member defines an opening there through sized to receiving the inlet element of the blood pump. A retaining element extending from the flange member is included, the retaining element being flexible and sized to be disposed about at least a portion of the inlet element.