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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2018
Tc1 Llc, St. Paul, MN (US);
John Mark Di Paola, Livermore, CA (US);
Eric Lee, Oakland, CA (US);
John Duc Nguyen, San Ramon, CA (US);
Carine Hoarau, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
Yi-Ren Woo, Livermore, CA (US);
Chris Eskildsen, Pleasant Hill, CA (US);
Pete Cardamone, Brentwood, CA (US);
John J. Hagerty, Jr., Livermore, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
Systems, methods, and devices for securing a driveline to a bone are disclosed herein. The driveline can connect an external controller to an implantable blood pump. The bone 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 bone anchor can include a bone capture portion. The bone capture portion can engage a bone and fix a position of the bone with respect to the bone capture portion.