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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2020
Applicant:
Abiomed, Inc., Danvers, MA (US);
Inventors:
Zhenghong Tao, Danvers, MA (US);
Stephen Vaughan, Danvers, MA (US);
Assignee:
Abiomed, Inc., Danvers, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61M 60/13 (2021.01); A61M 60/148 (2021.01); A61M 60/174 (2021.01); A61M 60/216 (2021.01); A61M 60/414 (2021.01); A61M 60/422 (2021.01); A61M 60/585 (2021.01); A61M 60/857 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/005 (2013.01); A61M 25/0012 (2013.01); A61M 25/0021 (2013.01); A61M 25/0045 (2013.01); A61M 25/0054 (2013.01); A61M 25/0158 (2013.01); A61M 60/13 (2021.01); A61M 60/148 (2021.01); A61M 60/174 (2021.01); A61M 60/216 (2021.01); A61M 60/414 (2021.01); A61M 60/422 (2021.01); A61M 60/585 (2021.01); A61M 60/857 (2021.01); A61M 2025/0042 (2013.01); A61M 2207/10 (2013.01); A61M 2210/125 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for providing a reinforced cannula for use in a blood pump assembly. The reinforced cannula comprises one or more thermoformed reinforced end portions. The thermoformed reinforced end portions may be stiffer than a medial portion of the cannula, allowing the medial portion of the cannula body to stretch and bend more readily than the cannula ends when the cannula is subject to an applied stress, reducing the stress and strain on the cannula ends.