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US 10,328,190 B2Granted
Implantation of a transapical ventricular assist device and kit for same
AssigneeHeartWare, Inc.
InventorsJoel Graham, Charles R. Shambaugh
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Abstract
A method of implanting a blood pump in a heart of a mammalian subject includes maintaining a temporary plug in an inlet opening of a pump having a pump body and an outlet cannula projecting from the pump body, advancing the pump into a ventricle of the heart through a hole in a wall of the heart so that the inlet of the pump is disposed within the ventricle and the outlet cannula extends through a valve of the heart into an artery, and then withdrawing the temporary plug from the inlet of the pump.
Claims11
A pump installation kit, comprising:
- a pump including a pump body having an interior and an inlet communicating with the interior, a pumping element mounted within the interior, and an outlet cannula communicating with the interior of the pump body, the pump being adapted for mounting with the pump body and inlet disposed within a ventricle of a heart;
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- a temporary plug adapted for releasable, sealing engagement in the inlet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.