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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerald D Buckberg, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Russell A Heimstaedt, Irvine, CA (US);
John M Taylor, Trabuco Canyon, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sorin Biomedical Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604-4 ; 604113 ;
Abstract
A cardioplegia delivery system which includes a first delivery unit adapted for connection in a manner allowing delivery of cardioplegia fluid to a patient's heart during surgery. A second delivery unit may be added to the cardioplegia delivery system. The second delivery unit includes a heat exchanger for controlling the temperature of the cardioplegia fluid. The second delivery unit may be connected during the surgical procedure to allow conversion from warm cardioplegia delivery to cold cardioplegia.