A61M 60/178
Drawing blood from a ventricle and returning the blood to the arterial
Official title: drawing blood from a ventricle and returning the blood to the arterial system via a cannula external to the ventricle, e.g. left or right ventricular assist devices
A61M60/178 (Drawing blood from a ventricle and returning the blood to the arterial) appears on 1,433 US grants and 1,730 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
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- Published applications
- 1,730
- Assignees
- 427
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- System and method for controlling a cardiac assistance system22 Sep 2026US 12,741,135 B2Kardion GmbH
- Non-occluding intravascular blood pump providing reduced hemolysis15 Sep 2026US 12,736,054 B2Procyrion, Inc.
- Wireless power supply system1 Sep 2026US 12,726,048 B2Adtex Inc.
- Wireless charging rectifier circuit, wireless charging device and ventricular assist device18 Aug 2026US 12,712,467 B2Shenzhen Core Medical Technology Co., Ltd.
- Operable implant11 Aug 2026US 12,702,752 B2
- Method for producing a bearing arrangement for an implantable blood pump, bearing arrangement and implantable blood pump17 Sep 2026US 2026/0273262 A1Berlin Heart GmbH
- Early warning of lvad thrombus formation17 Sep 2026US 2026/0279562 A1Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Electric motor and ventricular assist device10 Sep 2026US 2026/0263776 A1Shenzhen Core Medical Technology Co., Ltd.
- Simple control of complex bio-implants27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249086 A1Impulse Dynamics NV
- System for securing a releasable connection between two elements20 Aug 2026US 2026/0241157 A1Berlin Heart GmbH
Most cited
By later US patents
- Left ventricular assist device and method for temporary and permanent procedures560US 4,995,857 A1991
- Implantable blood pump533US 4,957,504 A1990
- High reliability cardiac assist system510US 5,613,935 A1997
- Cardiac assist pump with steady rate supply of fluid lubricant443US 4,927,407 ARegents of the University of Minnesota · 1990
- Chronic ventricular assist system429US 4,908,012 ANimbus Medical, Inc. · 1990