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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021
Filed:
May. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Organ Transport Pty Ltd, North Adelaide, AU;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Organ Transport PTY LTD, North Adelaide, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/02 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0215 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A01N 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/02028 (2013.01); A01N 1/02 (2013.01); A01N 1/0242 (2013.01); A61B 5/0215 (2013.01); A61B 5/1107 (2013.01); A61B 5/6853 (2013.01); A61B 5/6858 (2013.01); A61B 5/1108 (2013.01); A61B 5/1109 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0247 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device adapted for determining cardiac viability, wherein said device includes: a cannula having a hollow body and at least a distal end adapted for insertion into a heart and operator end for adapted for an operator to position the catheter in the ventricular apex and adapted for connection to a plumbing system; an inflatable balloon positioned near to the distal end in fluid communication with the hollow body to allow for selected inflation of the balloon, a controller adapted to calculate the viability of the heart from pressure data detected within cannula or balloon which is inflated to various degrees with an incompressible fluid.