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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2017
Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX (US);
Oscar H. Frazier, Houston, TX (US);
William E. Cohn, Bellaire, TX (US);
Texas Heart Institute, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A medical devices and methods related thereto are disclosed. In an embodiment, the medical device including a pump configured to be inserted within an atrium of a heart, said pump comprising an inlet and an outlet. In addition, the pump includes a flexible outflow conduit coupled to the outlet and configured to carry blood. The outflow conduit includes a radially inner surface defining a throughbore, and a radially outer surface. Further, the pump comprises a driveline configured to conduct control and power signals between the pump and an external device. The driveline extends through the outflow conduit between the radially inner surface and the radially outer surface.