Patent ID: 11945634
Assignee: ECP ENTWICKLUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  A | IPC A  B

Claim 0:
1. A method for operating a heart pump device from a container, the method comprising:
grasping a catheter coupled to a compressible and expandable heart pump of the heart pump device, the heart pump arranged in a first receiving space of a container, the first receiving space delimited on all sides by one or more closure elements, wherein the catheter projects through an opening of the container out of the first receiving space; and
pulling the heart pump by the catheter through the opening out of the first receiving space and into a sheath element arranged outside of the receiving space, wherein the opening is sized such that the heart pump is radially compressed during extraction of the heart pump from the first receiving space through the opening, and wherein the sheath element is freely displaceable on the catheter in an axial direction.