Patent ID: 8622949
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a pumping system for assisting a human patient's heart, comprising: providing a blood pump to be disposed outside the patient's body and having an inlet and an outlet; providing an inlet cannula configured for insertion percutaneously into the vascular system of the patient, and adapted to be placed in fluid communication with the blood pump inlet to provide blood to the blood pump; and providing an outlet perfusion cannula configured for insertion percutaneously into the vascular system of the patient, and adapted to be placed in fluid communication with the blood pump outlet to provide blood to the patient's vascular system; and wherein the inlet cannula is placed in fluid communication with the blood pump inlet and the outlet perfusion cannula is placed in fluid communication with the blood pump outlet to provide the pump system, and the blood pump comprises a control system to control the blood pump, the control system comprising at least two control units for redundant control of the blood pump, and each control unit comprising a watchdog for monitoring the control unit.