IPC Subgroup
A61M 60/148 in line with a blood vessel using resection or like techniques, e.g. permanent endovascular heart assist devices
Introduced: January 2021
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 > in line with a blood vessel using resection or like techniques, e.g. permanent endovascular heart assist devices
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