Patent ID: 9526819
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: A61M,G05B

Claim Text:
1. An extra-corporeal controller unit for a ventricular assist device (VAD) that includes a housing having first and second battery module compartments with respective first and second battery modules adapted to provide power to the VAD, the controller unit comprising: control circuitry configured for managing power provided from the first and second battery modules to the VAD; first and second battery module connectors operably coupled to the control circuitry and respectively operably coupled to the first and second battery modules; an interlocking mechanism adapted to prevent operably decoupling the first battery module connector from the first battery module if the second battery module connector is not operably coupled to the second battery module; and a connector adapted to operably couple the control circuitry to a percutaneous cable or a transcutaneous energy transmission (TET) unit.