Patent ID: 8152845

Claim:
An implantable blood pump system, comprising: a blood pump housing, at least partially containing a motor and hydraulic elements adapted to transfer blood from an interior chamber of a heart and return the blood to a circulatory system, the blood pump housing including: an inlet port adapted to provide a passage for the flow of blood from the interior chamber of the heart into an interior space of the pump housing; an outlet port adapted to provide a passage for the flow of blood from the interior space of the pump housing to the circulatory system; a first external surface adjacent to the inlet port and at least a portion thereof is adapted to be implanted substantially adjacent to an outer surface of an epicardium of the heart; and a second external surface adjacent to the first external surface and at least partially defining an outside perimeter of the pump housing and a mounting cuff adapted to mechanically couple to the second external surface and to the epicardium of the heart, either directly or as an intermediary, wherein the mounting cuff comprises an inner surface adapted to at least partially surround the outside perimeter of the pump housing.