Patent ID: 9211367
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A system for assisting the flow of blood through a patient circulatory system, comprising: an outflow cannula configured to provide fluid communication between a pump outlet and the cardiovascular system of a patient; and an adaptor device configured to fluidicly communicate a pump inlet and a cannula body, having a proximal end, the adaptor device including a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen therebetween; wherein the distal end of the adaptor device is configured to couple with the proximal end of the cannula body and the proximal end of the adaptor device is configured to couple with the pump inlet; wherein the adaptor device is configured such that blood flowing into the distal end of the adaptor device flows in a generally lateral direction relative to the patient and blood flowing out of the proximal end of the adaptor device and into the pump inlet flows in a generally medial direction relative to the patient.