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US 12,727,911 B2Granted
Interface for accessing the interior of a heart
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.
Claims13
A device for accessing an interior of a heart comprising:
- an implantable apical base plate;
- a connection interface associated with the apical base plate;
- the device connectable to a removable hemostatic valve and a cardiac assist device in each of the following configurations:
- a first sealed configuration wherein the connection interface is coupled only with the removable hemostatic valve;
- a second sealed configuration wherein the connection interface is coupled with both the removable hemostatic valve and the cardiac assist device;
- and,
- a third sealed configuration wherein the connection interface is coupled only with the cardiac assist device.
4 more elements
A device for accessing an interior of a heart comprising:
- a permanently implantable apical base plate;
- a connection interface associated with the apical base plate;
- the device connectable to a removable hemostatic valve and a cardiac assist device in each of the following configurations;
- a first sealed configuration wherein the connection interface is engaged only with the removable hemostatic valve;
- a second sealed configuration wherein the connection interface is engaged with both the removable hemostatic valve and with the cardiac assist device;
- and,
- a third sealed configuration wherein the connection interface is engaged only with the cardiac assist device.
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A device for accessing an interior of a heart comprising:
- a permanently implantable base plate;
- a connection interface attached to the apical base plate;
- the device connectable to a removable hemostatic valve and a cardiac assist device in each of the following configurations;
- a first sealed configuration wherein the connection interface is connected with the removable hemostatic valve;
- a second sealed configuration wherein the connection interface is connected with both the removable hemostatic valve and the cardiac assist device;
- and,
- a third sealed configuration wherein the connection interface is connected only with the cardiac assist device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.