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AssigneeThoratec Corporation
InventorsKeith H. Kearsley, Christopher J. Cotter, Justin A. Callaway, Maria D. Kulinski, John C. Layton, Ramesh B. Jayaraman
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A modular driveline includes a modular portion including a cable and a connector, the cable having terminations, and a percutaneous portion including a cable and a connector, the cable having terminations. The percutaneous portion connector couples to the modular portion connector, and cable terminations at the connectors are captured in the connectors by potting. The cable can include an inner member, conductors disposed about the inner member, a covering about the conductors, a layer extruded onto the covering, an armor braid over the extruded layer, and an outer jacket extruded over the armor braid.
A method of implanting a blood pump, the method comprising:
A method of replacing a modular portion of a heart pump driveline, the driveline having a percutaneous portion with a proximal end and a distal end opposite the proximal end, the proximal end of the percutaneous portion coupled with an implanted heart pump and the distal end of the percutaneous portion coupled with a proximal end of the modular portion, the method comprising:
A method of connecting a blood pump implanted within a patient to a blood pump controller, the blood pump coupled with a percutaneous cable portion, and wherein a distal end of the percutaneous cable portion extends externally from the patient, the method comprising:
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