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US 12,502,202 B2Granted
Method for connecting a cardiac assist device
AssigneeSyntach AG
InventorsJan Otto Solem, Kristian Solem, Daniel Engvall, Martin Wolff
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Abstract
An access device for a heart chamber, a removable hemostatic valve unit, and a system including a cardiac assist unit are disclosed. In examples, the access device) includes an apical base plate and a sealing unit configured to provide a separation of a wet zone from a heart chamber and a dry zone with a gaseous environment outside of said heart chamber inside a patient body at the same time.
Claims8
A method for connecting a cardiac system to a heart comprising:
- opening a region of the heart;
- affixing an access device at the opening wherein the access device comprises an apical base plate;
- directing a cardiac assist unit through the access device and the opening so that at least a portion of the cardiac assist unit is positioned inside the heart;
- and,
- sealing the cardiac assist unit at an interface of the access device and the cardiac assist unit.
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