Patent ID: 11944834
Assignee: TC1 LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A blood circulation assist system, comprising:
an implantable blood pump;
an external controller via which power to operate the implantable blood pump is supplied to the implantable blood pump, wherein the external controller is configured to display a connection indicator that is viewable by a patient in which the implantable blood pump is implanted;
a percutaneous cable assembly connected to the implantable blood pump and comprising a proximal connector, wherein the percutaneous cable assembly has a skin-interface segment adapted to extend through a skin of a patient, and wherein the percutaneous cable assembly has a flexibility and an exterior length from the skin-interface segment to the proximal connector that accommodates positioning of the proximal connector, by the patient, between the connection indicator and an eye of the patient; and
an external cable assembly connected to the external controller and comprising a distal connector, wherein the external cable assembly accommodates positioning of the distal connector, by the patient, for simultaneous viewing of the distal connector and the connection indicator by the patient, wherein the distal connector and the proximal connector are adapted to be connected by the patient, and wherein the distal connector and the proximal connector are adapted to be disconnected by the patient,
wherein the external controller is adapted to detect whether the distal connector and the proximal connector are connected and display the connection indicator,
and wherein the connection indicator is indicative of whether the distal connector and the proximal connector are connected.