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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2018
Tc1 Llc, St. Paul, MN (US);
John Duc Nguyen, San Ramon, CA (US);
John Donald Hill, San Francisco, CA (US);
Fabian Franco, Livermore, CA (US);
Chris Eskildsen, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
David Gary Eldridge, Brentwood, CA (US);
Carine Hoarau, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
Yi-Ren Woo, Livermore, CA (US);
John J. Hagerty, Livermore, CA (US);
Pete Cardamone, Brentwood, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
Systems, methods, and devices for securing a driveline to a portion of skin are disclosed herein. The driveline can connect an external controller to an implantable blood pump. The skin anchor can include a driveline capture portion. The driveline capture portion can receive the driveline and fix a position of the driveline with respect to the driveline capture portion. The driveline capture portion includes: a driveline receiver that can receive the driveline; and a driveline anchor that can engage the driveline to fix the position of the driveline with respect to the driveline receiver. The skin anchor can include a force distribution portion. The force distribution portion can engage a portion of skin and fix a position of the portion of skin with respect to the force distribution portion.