Ventricular cuff

US9981076B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TC1 LLC · US

Inventors

• Justin Aron Callaway · Goffstown, US
• Cori G. Pierce · Melrose, US
• Julien Duhamel · Billerica, US
• Kevin Bourque · Reading, US
• J. Donald Hill · San Francisco, US
• Terry Barnes · Windom, US
• Dustin Seth West · Leominster, US
• Peter J. Gazzara · Pleasant Hill, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 6, 2015
• Grant date: May 29, 2018
• Expiry date: Jul 21, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61M60/148
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In one general aspect, a cuff for attachment to a heart includes an attachment component configured to engage a blood pump to attach the cuff to the blood pump and a sewing ring for attachment to the heart. The sewing ring is coupled to the attachment component, and the attachment component and the sewing ring each define a central opening configured to admit an inflow cannula of a blood pump. The sewing ring comprises a member that provides rigidity to flatten a portion of a myocardium of the heart when the cuff is attached to the heart.