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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2007
J. Scott Richardson, Wilmington, MA (US);
Barry N. Gellman, North Easton, MA (US);
Andrew Koert, Somerville, MA (US);
Kurt Dasse, Wellesley, MA (US);
J. Scott Richardson, Wilmington, MA (US);
Barry N. Gellman, North Easton, MA (US);
Andrew Koert, Somerville, MA (US);
Kurt Dasse, Wellesley, MA (US);
Thoratec Corporation, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a pump-inflow-cannula () providing a blood conduit from a heart () and/or from an associated vessel to an external blood handling system. The pump-inflow-cannula comprises a body (), encompassing an essentially axially extending inflow-lumen (), having a distal-end () for an attachment of the inflow-lumen () to the blood handling system, and having a proximal-end () for an introduction of blood from the heart () and/or from the associated vessel into the inflow-lumen (), wherein at least one projection () is provided at the proximal-end () to deflect a heart muscle from intruding into the inflow-lumen (), wherein the body () of the pump-inflow-cannula comprises a reinforcement-means (). The invention is also related to a pump-outflow-cannula () and to a blood managing system comprising a pump-inflow-cannula and a pump-outflow-cannula in accordance with the present invention.