A right cardiac assisting device to be percutaneously implanted inside a patient's heart, including an inlet, an outlet, a pump connecting the inlet to the outlet, and being designed to be located inside the right atrium or vena cava of the patient. The assisting device includes at least one support element configured to be secured to a first membrane of the patient's heart by passing through the first membrane, the first membrane separating the right atrium from the pulmonary artery of the patient's by passing through it. The support element tightly cooperates with the outlet to immobilize the pump, the inlet and the outlet inside the patient's heart and enable the patient's blood flow to be driven from the inlet to the outlet through the first membrane.
Cardiac assisting device (10) configured to be implanted inside a patient's heart comprising a device inlet (12) configured to open in the first chamber (Cl), a device outlet (14) configured to open in the reception conduct (CR), a rotary pump (16) connecting the device inlet (12) to the device outlet, the rotary pump comprising an impeller (20) placed in the pump body (18) between the pump inflow and the pump outflow. The device inlet is coaxially arranged at an upstream portion of the pump body. The pump body further comprises a spacing organ (22) extending at least partially radially from the external surface (S) of the pump body, the spacing organ being configured to maintain a predefined space (E) between any anatomical wall of the patient's heart (100) and the device inlet.
A61M 60/174 - Implantable pumps or pumping devices, i.e. the blood being pumped inside the patient’s body implantable in, on, or around the heart inside a ventricle, e.g. intraventricular balloon pumps discharging the blood to the ventricle or arterial system via a cannula internal to the ventricle or arterial system
A61M 60/221 - Non-positive displacement blood pumps including a rotating member acting on the blood, e.g. impeller the blood flow through the rotating member having both radial and axial components, e.g. mixed flow pumps
Cardiac assisting device (10) configured to be implanted inside a patient's heart (100) comprising an inlet (12), an outlet conduct (14), a rotary pump (16) configured to drive the blood flow through the assisting device, at least one outlet anchoring element (18) being configured to anchor the device to the patient's heart (100) and to be secured to a membrane (M) of the reception conduct (120) by passing through said membrane. The anchoring element is integral with the outlet conduct thus forming an outflow canula (20), and enables the blood flow to be driven from the inlet to the outlet conduct through the membrane of the reception conduct. The outflow canula is configured to extend, on the internal side and the external side of the membrane.
A61M 60/135 - Implantable pumps or pumping devices, i.e. the blood being pumped inside the patient’s body implantable via, into, inside, in line, branching on, or around a blood vessel inside a blood vessel, e.g. using grafting
A61M 60/17 - Implantable pumps or pumping devices, i.e. the blood being pumped inside the patient’s body implantable in, on, or around the heart inside a ventricle, e.g. intraventricular balloon pumps
A61M 60/174 - Implantable pumps or pumping devices, i.e. the blood being pumped inside the patient’s body implantable in, on, or around the heart inside a ventricle, e.g. intraventricular balloon pumps discharging the blood to the ventricle or arterial system via a cannula internal to the ventricle or arterial system
A61M 60/216 - Non-positive displacement blood pumps including a rotating member acting on the blood, e.g. impeller
Cardiac assisting device (10) configured to be percutaneously implanted inside a patient's heart (100), comprising: a device inlet (12), a device outlet (14), a rotary pump (16) connecting the device inlet to the device outlet, the rotary pump comprising a pump inflow (161) in fluidic communication with the device inlet and a pump outflow (162) in fluidic communication with the device outlet, the rotary pump further comprising an impeller (18) located inside the pump body (160) between the pump inflow and the pump outflow. The rotary pump extends axially along an elongation axis X, the pump inflow, the impeller and the pump outflow are all aligned along the elongation axis. The device inlet being aligned along the elongation axis. The device outlet being aligned with an outflow axis Y, different from the elongation axis X.
A61M 60/135 - Implantable pumps or pumping devices, i.e. the blood being pumped inside the patient’s body implantable via, into, inside, in line, branching on, or around a blood vessel inside a blood vessel, e.g. using grafting
A61M 60/17 - Implantable pumps or pumping devices, i.e. the blood being pumped inside the patient’s body implantable in, on, or around the heart inside a ventricle, e.g. intraventricular balloon pumps
A61M 60/174 - Implantable pumps or pumping devices, i.e. the blood being pumped inside the patient’s body implantable in, on, or around the heart inside a ventricle, e.g. intraventricular balloon pumps discharging the blood to the ventricle or arterial system via a cannula internal to the ventricle or arterial system
A61M 60/221 - Non-positive displacement blood pumps including a rotating member acting on the blood, e.g. impeller the blood flow through the rotating member having both radial and axial components, e.g. mixed flow pumps
A61M 60/416 - Details relating to driving for non-positive displacement blood pumps the force acting on the blood contacting member being mechanical, e.g. transmitted by a shaft or cable generated by an electromotor transmitted directly by the motor rotor drive shaft
Cardiac assisting device (10) configured to be percutaneously implanted inside a patient's heart (100), comprising: a device inlet (12), a device outlet (14), a rotary pump (16) connecting the device inlet to the device outlet, the rotary pump comprising a pump inflow (161) in fluidic communication with the device inlet and a pump outflow (162) in fluidic communication with the device outlet, the rotary pump further comprising an impeller (18) located inside the pump body (160) between the pump inflow and the pump outflow. The rotary pump extends axially along an elongation axis X, the pump inflow, the impeller and the pump outflow are all aligned along the elongation axis. The device inlet being aligned along the elongation axis. The device outlet being aligned with an outflow axis Y, different from the elongation axis X.
A61M 60/135 - Implantable pumps or pumping devices, i.e. the blood being pumped inside the patient’s body implantable via, into, inside, in line, branching on, or around a blood vessel inside a blood vessel, e.g. using grafting
A61M 60/17 - Implantable pumps or pumping devices, i.e. the blood being pumped inside the patient’s body implantable in, on, or around the heart inside a ventricle, e.g. intraventricular balloon pumps
A61M 60/174 - Implantable pumps or pumping devices, i.e. the blood being pumped inside the patient’s body implantable in, on, or around the heart inside a ventricle, e.g. intraventricular balloon pumps discharging the blood to the ventricle or arterial system via a cannula internal to the ventricle or arterial system
A61M 60/221 - Non-positive displacement blood pumps including a rotating member acting on the blood, e.g. impeller the blood flow through the rotating member having both radial and axial components, e.g. mixed flow pumps
A61M 60/861 - Connections or anchorings for connecting or anchoring pumps or pumping devices to parts of the patient’s body
A61M 60/416 - Details relating to driving for non-positive displacement blood pumps the force acting on the blood contacting member being mechanical, e.g. transmitted by a shaft or cable generated by an electromotor transmitted directly by the motor rotor drive shaft
Cardiac assisting device (10) configured to be implanted inside a patient's heart comprising a device inlet (12) configured to open in the first chamber (Cl), a device outlet (14) configured to open in the reception conduct (CR), a rotary pump (16) connecting the device inlet (12) to the device outlet, the rotary pump comprising an impeller (20) placed in the pump body (18) between the pump inflow and the pump outflow. The device inlet is coaxially arranged at an upstream portion of the pump body. The pump body further comprises a spacing organ (22) extending at least partially radially from the external surface (S) of the pump body, the spacing organ being configured to maintain a predefined space (E) between any anatomical wall of the patient's heart (100) and the device inlet.
A61M 60/174 - Implantable pumps or pumping devices, i.e. the blood being pumped inside the patient’s body implantable in, on, or around the heart inside a ventricle, e.g. intraventricular balloon pumps discharging the blood to the ventricle or arterial system via a cannula internal to the ventricle or arterial system
A61M 60/221 - Non-positive displacement blood pumps including a rotating member acting on the blood, e.g. impeller the blood flow through the rotating member having both radial and axial components, e.g. mixed flow pumps
Cardiac assisting device (10) configured to be implanted inside a patient's heart (100) comprising an inlet (12), an outlet conduct (14), a rotary pump (16) configured to drive the blood flow through the assisting device, at least one outlet anchoring element (18) being configured to anchor the device to the patient's heart (100) and to be secured to a membrane (M) of the reception conduct (120) by passing through said membrane. The anchoring element is integral with the outlet conduct thus forming an outflow canula (20), and enables the blood flow to be driven from the inlet to the outlet conduct through the membrane of the reception conduct. The outflow canula is configured to extend, on the internal side and the external side of the membrane.
A61M 60/135 - Implantable pumps or pumping devices, i.e. the blood being pumped inside the patient’s body implantable via, into, inside, in line, branching on, or around a blood vessel inside a blood vessel, e.g. using grafting
A61M 60/17 - Implantable pumps or pumping devices, i.e. the blood being pumped inside the patient’s body implantable in, on, or around the heart inside a ventricle, e.g. intraventricular balloon pumps
A61M 60/174 - Implantable pumps or pumping devices, i.e. the blood being pumped inside the patient’s body implantable in, on, or around the heart inside a ventricle, e.g. intraventricular balloon pumps discharging the blood to the ventricle or arterial system via a cannula internal to the ventricle or arterial system
A61M 60/216 - Non-positive displacement blood pumps including a rotating member acting on the blood, e.g. impeller
The present invention relates to a feft cardiac assisting device (10) to be implanted inside a patient's heart (100), comprising: - an inlet conduct (12) configured to be secured to a first membrane of the patient's heart (100), an outlet conduct (14) configured to be secured to a second membrane separating either the right atrium from the aorta, - a pump housing (16) configured to surround a blood pump, a removable pump support element configured to cooperate with the inlet conduct. The inlet conduct, the outlet conduct and the pump housing form one single technical piece. The inlet conduct, the outlet conduct and the pump housing are configured to expand independently from each other. The removable pump support element guides the inlet conduct through the first membrane during implantation.
A61M 60/178 - Implantable pumps or pumping devices, i.e. the blood being pumped inside the patient’s body implantable in, on, or around the heart 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
A support system aimed at securing an assist device inside a patient's heart, the assist device comprising a pump inside a pump body and being in fluidic communication with an exit cylinder. The support system includes an upstream support element, aimed at securing the upstream extremity of the pump body to the patient's heart, a downstream support element, aimed at securing the exit cylinder to the patient's heart. The upstream support element and the downstream support element are two independent and autonomous functional elements, and the upstream support element and the downstream support element are aimed to removably secure the assist device inside the patient's heart.
A61M 60/861 - Connections or anchorings for connecting or anchoring pumps or pumping devices to parts of the patient’s body
A61M 60/174 - Implantable pumps or pumping devices, i.e. the blood being pumped inside the patient’s body implantable in, on, or around the heart inside a ventricle, e.g. intraventricular balloon pumps discharging the blood to the ventricle or arterial system via a cannula internal to the ventricle or arterial system
A61M 60/216 - Non-positive displacement blood pumps including a rotating member acting on the blood, e.g. impeller
A61M 60/441 - Details relating to driving for positive displacement blood pumps the force acting on the blood contacting member being mechanical generated by an electromotor
Right cardiac assisting device (10) to be percutaneously implanted inside a patient's heart (100), comprising an inlet (12), an outlet (14), a pump (16) connecting the inlet to the outlet, and being designed to be located inside the right atrium or vena cava of the patient. The assisting device comprises at least one support element (20) configured to be secured to a first membrane of the patient's heart (100) by passing through said first membrane, the first membrane separating the right atrium from the pulmonary artery of the patient's heart (100) by passing through it. The support element (20) tightly cooperates with the outlet to immobilize the pump, the inlet (12) and the outlet (14) inside the patient's heart (100) and enable the patient's blood flow to be driven from the inlet (12) to the outlet (14) through the first membrane.
A61M 60/174 - Implantable pumps or pumping devices, i.e. the blood being pumped inside the patient’s body implantable in, on, or around the heart inside a ventricle, e.g. intraventricular balloon pumps discharging the blood to the ventricle or arterial system via a cannula internal to the ventricle or arterial system
A61M 60/216 - Non-positive displacement blood pumps including a rotating member acting on the blood, e.g. impeller
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