implantable via, into, inside, in line, branching on, or around a blood vessel

Full Title

Blood pumps; Devices for mechanical circulatory actuation; Balloon pumps for circulatory assistance > Location thereof with respect to the patient’s body > 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

Classification Context

Section:

HUMAN NECESSITIES

Class:

MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE

Subclass:

DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR

Child Classifications

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• A61M 60/13 by means of a catheter allowing explantation, e.g. catheter pumps temporarily introduced via the vascular system
• A61M 60/135 inside a blood vessel, e.g. using grafting
• A61M 60/148 in line with a blood vessel using resection or like techniques, e.g. permanent endovascular heart assist devices
• A61M 60/152 branching on and drawing blood from a blood vessel
• A61M 60/157 mechanically acting upon the inside of the patient’s blood vessel structure, e.g. contractile structures placed inside a vessel
• A61M 60/161 mechanically acting upon the outside of the patient’s blood vessel structure, e.g. compressive structures placed around a vessel