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

Claim 11:
12. A method of providing a connection indication to a patient indicative of whether an external controller is operatively connected by a driveline to a blood pump implanted in the patient, the method comprising:
detecting, by the external controller, whether an external cable assembly of the driveline is connected to a percutaneous cable assembly of the driveline by detecting whether a distal connector of the external cable assembly is connected to a proximal connector of the percutaneous cable assembly, wherein:
the driveline is configured for transferring electrical power from the external controller to the blood pump for operation of the blood pump,
a distal end of a percutaneous cable assembly is connected to the blood pump,
the percutaneous cable assembly has a skin-interface segment that extends through a skin of the patient,
a proximal end of the external cable assembly is connected to the external controller, and
the external cable assembly and the percutaneous cable assembly accommodate positioning, by the patient, of the distal connector and the proximal connector for simultaneous viewing, by the patient, of the distal connector, the proximal connector, and a connection indicator displayed by the external controller indicative of whether the distal connector and the proximal connector are connected; and

displaying, by the external controller, the connection indicator.