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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2021
Applicant:
Livanova Deutschland Gmbh, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Erwin Knott, Poing, DE;
Johann Schreyer, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
LivaNova Deutschland GmbH, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 1/3621 (2013.01); A61M 1/3667 (2014.02); A61M 1/3627 (2013.01); A61M 1/3663 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3389 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device for establishing venous inflow to a blood reservoir of an extracorporeal blood circulation system includes a restricting unit for gradually closing a venous inflow line and a vacuum unit for supplying vacuum to the blood reservoir. The device includes a control unit that supplies a first actuating signal to the restricting unit for restricting venous inflow to the blood reservoir and supplies a second actuating signal to the vacuum unit for establishing a degree of vacuum within the blood reservoir.