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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2012
Applicant:
Robert T. V. Kung, Andover, MA (US);
Inventor:
Robert T. V. Kung, Andover, MA (US);
Assignee:
Abiomed, Inc., Danvers, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/362 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A pump system is disclosed for pumping blood from a patient's right atrium or right ventricle to a patient's pulmonary artery, the pump system including a distal section having at least one outlet; a pumping section in fluid communication with the distal section to provide blood to the outlet of the distal section, the pumping section having at least one inlet valve to receive blood; and a pump constructed and arranged to be positioned within the pumping section to draw blood into the pumping section in a first phase of operation and to pump blood out of the outlet of the distal section in a second phase of operation.