A HOLDER FOR HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS, A STORAGE ARRANGEMENT FOR A HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS, AND A CRIMPING KIT AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20210196442A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-01

    申请号:US17057511

    申请日:2018-05-23

    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a holder (1) for a heart valve prosthesis (100) including a radially contractible armature (102) and a prosthetic valve carried by said armature (102). The holder (1) includes an annular member (2) having a longitudinal axis (xl) and comprising a plurality of supporting formations (3), said supporting formations (3) protruding radially inwardly of said annular member (2), and a locking member (4) configured for coupling with said annular member (2). Each supporting formation (3) includes a coupling profile or feature (9) configured for engaging the armature (102) of a heart valve prosthesis (100). The coupling profile or feature (9) being configured to prevent the displacement of the armature (102) along said longitudinal axis and being configured to prevent rotation of the armature (102) around the longitudinal axis (X1), while leaving the armature (102) unconstrained in a radially inward direction. The locking member (4) is configured to removably mate with the annular member (2) to provide a radial constraint to the armature in a radially inward direction at the supporting formations (3).

    OXYGENATOR WITH THERMAL INSULATION
    106.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210077701A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-18

    申请号:US16612211

    申请日:2017-06-01

    Abstract: An oxygenator includes a housing having a blood inlet and a blood outlet, the blood inlet extending into an interior of the housing. A heat exchanger is disposed within the housing, and is coupled, at an inlet end, to a heat-exchange fluid inlet. A gas exchanger also is disposed within the housing, and includes a bundle of gas-exchange fibers coupled, at a gas outlet end, to a gas-exchange fluid outlet. The oxygenator includes at least one insulator configured to thermally insulate at least the gas outlet end of the bundle of gas-exchange fibers.

    BLOOD PROCESSING UNIT (BPU) WITH COUNTERCURRENT BLOOD/WATER FLOW PATHS IN THE HEAT EXCHANGER (HEX)

    公开(公告)号:US20200237994A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-30

    申请号:US16755107

    申请日:2017-10-10

    Inventor: Gabriele Tommasi

    Abstract: Described is a blood processing apparatus with a blood flow path and a heat exchanger fluid flow path overlapping the a heat exchanger chamber, in which the blood flows generally from a first end to a second end of the blood processing apparatus, and the heat exchanger fluid flows generally from the second end to the first end. Such “counter” or “countercurrent” flow improves heat transfer between the blood and the heat exchanger fluid. The blood processing apparatus includes a housing, a blood inlet, a heat exchanger fluid inlet and a heat exchanger fluid outlet, a heat exchanger core, a cylindrical shell having an annular shell aperture, a blood flow distributor, and a central chamber in fluid communication to a fluid flow distributor.

    BENDABLE CARDIAC SURGERY INSTRUMENTS
    108.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200237510A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-30

    申请号:US16754309

    申请日:2018-03-27

    Abstract: A bendable medical instrument including: a handle at a proximal end of the bendable medical instrument, a modular distal shaft including a plurality of vertebrae configured to bend and situated near a distal end of the bendable medical instrument, a bendable internal rod disposed through at least some of the plurality of vertebrae, the bendable internal rod having a modular cell structure, and a distal tip coupled to the modular distal shaft at the distal end. The plurality of vertebrae configured to bend to position the distal tip in a patient and the bendable internal rod configured to bend with the plurality of vertebrae.

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