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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2005
Jayanthi G. Prasad, Lexington, MA (US);
Farhad Zarinetchi, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Emmanuel N. Ilongo, Lynn, MA (US);
Jayanthi G. Prasad, Lexington, MA (US);
Farhad Zarinetchi, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Emmanuel N. Ilongo, Lynn, MA (US);
ABIOMED, INC., Danvers, MA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for coupling devices such as a ventricular assist device to vascular tissues, such as a heart. In one version, a method is provided for attaching a device to vascular tissue for fluid flow. The device includes a cannula coupled to a cuff, and the method includes coupling the cuff to the vascular tissue, penetrating the vascular tissue by inserting a penetration device through the cannula, and inserting a first end of the cannula through the cuff and into the vascular tissue.