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

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 > 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

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 60/183 drawing blood from both ventricles, e.g. bi-ventricular assist devices [BiVAD]