HELICAL PERICARDIAL ANCHOR SYSTEM

Abstract: a pericardial anchor for positioning a cardiac assist system over a patient's heart beneath the patient's sternum and ribs includes a tubular shaft, a pericardial anchor, and a removable handle. the tubular shaft has a guidewire lumen therethrough. the pericardial anchor is positioned at a distal end of the tubular shaft, and the removable handle is positioned at a proximal end of the tubular shaft. the pericardial anchor is typically a helical anchor that can be implanted to anchor in the patient's pericardium by rotation of the handle. the tubular shaft receives and anchors a cardiac assist system over the patient's heart beneath the patient's sternum and ribs after the handle is removed.

Inventor(s): Steven K. KELE, Hilman H. CHUNG, Albert K. CHIN, Sage MORELAND

CPC Classification: A61M60/187 (DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals ; means for inserting tampons ; devices for administering food or medicines orally ; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids ); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery ; chemical aspects of surgical articles ); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents )})

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