implantable in, on, or around the heart

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 in, on, or around the heart

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 60/17 inside a ventricle, e.g. intraventricular balloon pumps
• A61M 60/178 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
• A61M 60/187 mechanically acting upon the inside of the patient’s native heart, e.g. contractile structures placed inside the heart
• A61M 60/191 mechanically acting upon the outside of the patient’s native heart, e.g. compressive structures placed around the heart