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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2018
Tc1 Llc, St. Paul, MN (US);
Julien Duhamel, Billerica, MA (US);
John Mark Di Paola, Livermore, CA (US);
Dustin Roelle, Mountain House, CA (US);
Dmitry Protsenko, Vallejo, CA (US);
TC1 LLC, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A patient adapter for connecting a driveline cable between an implantable blood pump and a controller. The patient adapter provides a sufficiently large form factor to make connecting ends of a driveline cable easy for patients who lack dexterity or have unclear vision. The patient adapter includes an adapter body that defines a central lumen that extends through an entire length of the adapter body. The central lumen is configured to receive an end of a percutaneous end connector of the driveline cable and an end of a controller end connector of the driveline cable. The patient adapter includes a first mating feature configured to engage a corresponding feature of the percutaneous end connector and a second mating feature configured to engage a corresponding feature of the controller end connector. A thickness of the adapter body is greatest at a position proximate the controller end connector.