284 results about "Ventricular assistance" patented technology

The invention relates to an electronics module (102) for a ventricular assist device, wherein the ventricular assist device has a motor housing for accommodating a pump motor. The electronics module (102) comprises an electronics section (204) for accommodating at least one electronic component (206) and / or at least one electrically conductive contacting element (208), and a coupling section (202) designed as a joint between the motor housing (104) and the electronics section (204) or as a separate component to be joined, wherein the motor housing (104) and the electronics section (204) are combined or can be combined via the coupling section (202) with one another to form a fluid-tight module housing (104) to be arranged in a blood vessel.

Apparatus and methods are described including delivering a left-ventricular assist device to a subject's aorta. The device including a distal-tip element that defines a straight proximal portion, and a curved distal portion, the curved distal portion defining first and second curves with an elongated straight portion between the first and second curves. The distal-tip element is centered with respect to the aortic valve using the curved distal portion of the distal-tip element, to thereby guide the device through the subject's aortic valve atraumatically. A pump pumps blood through from the subject's left ventricle to the subject's aorta. Other applications are also described.

Apparatus and methods are described including delivering a left-ventricular assist device to a subject's left ventricle. A tube is positioned such that a proximal portion of the tube traverses an aortic valve of the subject, and a distal portion of the tube is disposed within a left ventricle of the subject. A pump pumps blood through the tube from the subject's left ventricle to the subject's aorta such as to cause the proximal portion of the tube to be maintained in an open state, and to cause at least a portion of the tube to become curved. Other applications are also described.

Apparatus and methods are described including a ventricular assist device that includes an impeller configured to be placed inside a left ventricle of a subject. A driving magnet is coupled to a motor and is rotated by the motor. A driven magnet is magnetically coupled to the driving magnet and is rotated by the driving magnet. A drive cable extends from the driven magnet and imparts rotational motion from the driven magnet to the impeller. A set of sensors is configured to detect a magnetic phase difference between the driven magnet and the driving magnet. A computer processor receives the detected magnetic phase difference and determines a physiological parameter of the subject, at least partially in response thereto. Other applications are also described.

The invention relates to an apparatus (100) for anchoring a ventricular assist system in a blood vessel, the apparatus (100) being able to assume an insertion state for insertion of the ventricular assist system into the blood vessel, and the apparatus (100) being able to assume an anchoring state in order to anchor the ventricular assist system in the blood vessel. The apparatus (100) has at least one fixing means (105) for fixing the apparatus (100) to the ventricular assist system (205), a crown (110) and a connection means (115). The crown (110) is formed from at least one unfolding element (120). The unfolding element (120) is designed to unfold during the transfer from the insertion state into the anchoring state in order to enlarge the diameter of the crown (110) so as to anchor the apparatus (100) in the blood vessel. The connection means (115) is designed to connect the crown (110) to the fixing means (105).

A control device (100) for controlling the rotational speed (nVAD(t)) of a non-pulsatile ventricular assist device, VAD, (50) uses an event-based within-a-beat control strategy, wherein the control device is configured to alter the rotational speed of the VAD within the cardiac cycle of the assisted heart and to synchronize the alteration of the rotational speed with the heartbeat by at least one sequence of trigger signals (σ(t)) that is related to at least one predetermined characteristic event in the cardiac cycle. Further, a VAD (50) for assistance of a heart comprises the control device (100) for controlling the VAD, wherein the VAD is preferably a non-pulsatile rotational, for example catheter-based, blood pump.

The invention relates to an adapter, a connecting assembly and a ventricular assist system. The adapter comprises a shell, a circuit board and a cable assembly. The shell is provided with an accommodating cavity and two connecting ends positioned on the shell, and the two connecting ends can be connected with a connector; the circuit board is arranged in the accommodating cavity of the shell, the circuit board comprises two side plate bodies which are spaced from each other, and the two side plate bodies correspond to the two connecting ends respectively and can be electrically connected with the connectors connected to the connecting ends; the cable assembly is fixedly connected with the shell, the cable assembly comprises a connecting line, and the connecting line is electrically connected with the circuit board. The adapter has high signal transmission performance, the operation stability of the ventricular auxiliary system can be improved, and then the operation reliability of the ventricular auxiliary system is improved.

A method for providing a treatment recommendation to a physician for treating a patient is disclosed. The method comprises determining, from a processor in communication with a patient data repository, a first treatment recommendation based on a combination of selected patient demographics from the patient data repository applicable to the patient, and operational parameters of a plurality of ventricular assist devices (VADs) suitable for treating the patient, the first treatment recommendation having a first survival rate and comprising the use of a first VAD. The method then obtains a first signal from using the first VAD on the patient. The method then determines a second treatment recommendation based on the first signal and the first treatment recommendation, the second treatment recommendation having a second survival rate. The method then provides the second treatment recommendation to the physician if the second survival rate is higher than the first survival rate.

A method is provided that includes inserting an inflow cannula of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) of a LVAD system into a left chamber of a heart of a patient transeptally via a right atrium and a superior vena cava (SVC). An outflow cannula of the LVAD is coupled to a left subclavian artery or a left axillary artery. Other embodiments are also described.

The invention relates to a heart premature beat detection device and method, a ventricular assist system, a storage medium and equipment, and the detection device comprises a first sampling module which is configured to collect operation data of a drive motor in a ventricular assist device, and the operation data at least comprise rotation speed data; the calculation module is configured to determine a current rotating speed maximum value and a historical average maximum value according to the rotating speed data; the judgment module is configured to judge that premature beat occurs when the current rotating speed maximum value is larger than the gear rotating speed and smaller than the historical average maximum value. Compared with a traditional premature beat detection mode, premature beat detection can be carried out in real time in the operation process of the percutaneous ventricular auxiliary device, and traditional external monitoring equipment such as electrocardiogram or color Doppler ultrasound does not need to be relied on any more.

A control method and control apparatus for a ventricular auxiliary apparatus and a ventricular auxiliary apparatus. The present invention pertains to the field of medical instruments. The ventricular auxiliary apparatus comprises a first component and is provided with a first control mode and a second control mode. The method comprises: acquiring a control operation for the first component, and controlling, in response to the control operation, the operation of the first component in a manner not restricted by constraints, wherein the constraints are constraints that apply when the first component operates in the second control mode. In the second control mode, the operation of the first component is restricted by the constraints, while in the first control mode, the operation of the first component is not restricted by the constraints. Compared to the second control mode, the first control mode masks the restriction of the operation parameters of the first component by the constraints, so that the degree of freedom of controlling the first component is improved, facilitating the adjustment and testing of the operation of the first component.

The invention discloses an air supply method and an air supply system for a pulsating type ventricular assist device. The air supply method comprises the following steps: setting working parameters of the pulsatile ventricular assist device; the stroke range of the piston in the air pump is determined according to the working parameters; obtaining a piston position piecewise function based on the stroke range; the piston is driven to be at the working zero point, the air pump communicates with the pre-inflation equipment through the pre-inflation pipeline, the air pump is inflated through the pre-inflation equipment, and air pump pressure initialization is completed; and the pre-inflation equipment is disconnected, the air pump is communicated with the pneumatic execution part through the air supply pipeline, a piston in the air pump reciprocates according to the determined piston position piecewise function, the pressure in the air pump is periodically changed, and the pneumatic execution part is periodically and intermittently driven to work according to the sequence of inflation, high-pressure keeping, deflation and low-pressure keeping. The problem of air supply of a balloon, an extracorporeal membrane cavity and the like of an existing pulsatile ventricular assist device is solved.

The invention discloses a magnetic-coupling-driven auxiliary pressurization system for a paddle in a ventricle, relates to the technical field of medical instruments, and can solve a series of problems caused by integrated design of a motor and a paddle of an existing auxiliary pressurization device for the ventricle. The embodiment of the invention discloses a magnetic coupling driven heart chamber inner paddle auxiliary pressurization system which comprises a paddle part used for being sewn and fixed to the inner wall of a heart chamber and a driving part used for being sewn and fixed to the outer wall of the heart, and the paddle part comprises an inner sleeve, a paddle structure and a driven magnetic disc coaxially and fixedly connected with the paddle structure. The paddle structure is rotationally connected into the inner sleeve; the driving part comprises an outer sleeve, a driving motor and a driving magnetic disc coaxially and fixedly connected with an output shaft of the driving motor, and the driving motor is fixed in the outer sleeve; when the paddle part and the driving part are in a sewed and fixed state, the driven magnetic disk and the driving magnetic disk are coaxial and are magnetically coupled, and the paddle structure is driven by the driving motor to rotate through the driving magnetic disk and the driven magnetic disk which are magnetically coupled.

A ventricular assist device and a control system thereof, a console, an alarm method and a detection method. The ventricular assist device comprises a blood pump (1) and a control device (2) that are detachably connected. The control system comprises: a blood pump monitoring module (10) provided on the blood pump (1) and used for monitoring blood pump sensing data corresponding to the blood pump (1); a motor monitoring module (20) used for monitoring blood pump driving data corresponding to the blood pump (1), the blood pump monitoring module (10) being detachably connected to the motor monitoring module (20); a pump system control module (40) at least used for controlling the operation of the blood pump (1) and determining ventricular assist data corresponding to the blood pump (1) on the basis of the blood pump sensing data and / or the blood pump driving data; and a console control module (30) connected to the pump system control module (40) and used for processing a human-machine interaction operation and a system control operation of the control device (2). By simplifying the structure of consumables, the use cost of products is reduced.

The invention provides a stepped ventricle auxiliary circulating pump device, relates to the technical field of heart blood pumps, and provides a structure that a heart blood pump is arranged in a heart chamber and below an aortic valve or a pulmonary valve, and a stepped motor and an axial flow channel are designed on the basis, so that a blood flow channel is formed between the motor and the axial flow channel; the blocking influence of the size of the motor above the aortic valve or the pulmonary valve on the blood circulation process can be effectively avoided, and the amount of blood pumped out of the aortic valve or the pulmonary valve is effectively increased.

The invention provides a motor control device and method and a ventricular assist device, and relates to the field of medical instrument control. The motor control device comprises a motor working state monitoring module and an abnormity correction module, and the motor working state monitoring module is used for monitoring whether a motor is in an abnormal working state based on a motor working index; the abnormity correction module is used for generating a current impact instruction when the motor is in an abnormal working state; wherein the current impact instruction is used for adjusting the current current of the motor into impact current, and the impact current is greater than the current current. By using the motor control device provided by the embodiment of the invention, the correction of the abnormal working state of the motor can be realized under the conditions that the loss of the motor is relatively small and the influence on a human body is relatively small; the motor control device provided by the embodiment of the invention is used for controlling the motor of the ventricular assist device, so that the loss of the motor can be reduced, and the influence on human blood cells can also be reduced.

An implantable LVAD is provided that includes a pump shaped so as to define a pump chamber. The pump includes a tubular linear motor, which includes a magnetic piston, which includes a reciprocating one-way valve configured to allow downstream blood flow and inhibit upstream blood flow; and a stator, which is configured to magnetically drive the magnetic piston with reciprocating motion, so as to pump blood downstream during downstream motion of the magnetic piston while the reciprocating one-way valve is closed. The pump further includes a spring, which is arranged to store energy during upstream motion of the magnetic piston and release the stored energy during the downstream motion of the magnetic piston. Control circuitry is configured to activate the tubular linear motor to provide pulsatile flow synchronized with cardiac cycles. Other configurations are also described.

The invention relates to a catheter pump position judgment device and method, a catheter pump, a ventricular assist system, a storage medium and equipment.The catheter pump position judgment device comprises a sampling module, a processing module and a judgment module, and the sampling module is configured to collect operation data of a driving motor of the catheter pump in the conveying process; the operation data at least comprises rotating speed data; the processing module is configured to determine a range value of the rotating speed data; the judgment module is configured to determine the position state of the catheter pump according to the comparison result of the range value and a preset threshold value. The method does not need to depend on an additional pressure sensor or multiple times of radiography, and can judge whether the catheter pump is located in the aorta, the transvalvular position or the left ventricle by collecting the rotating speed data of the driving motor and analyzing the range value of the rotating speed data.

An implantable LVAD system includes an implantable LVAD including an outflow cannula, which is couplable in fluid communication with a circulatory system of the patient at a first site; and an inflow cannula, which is couplable in fluid communication with the circulatory system at a second site upstream of the first site. The LVAD further includes a continuous-flow pump includes a first inlet in fluid communication with the inflow cannula, and a first outlet. The LVAD still further includes a pulsatile-flow pump includes a second inlet in fluid communication with the first outlet of the continuous-flow pump, and a second outlet in fluid communication with the outflow cannula. Control circuitry is configured to activate the continuous-flow pump to provide flow without synchronization with cardiac cycles of a heart of the patient, and activate the pulsatile-flow pump to provide pulsatile flow synchronized with the cardiac cycles. Other embodiments are also described.

The invention relates to a ventricle connecting mechanism and a ventricle auxiliary system. The ventricle connecting mechanism comprises a suture ring, a clamping ring, a pressing ring and a connecting piece. The suture ring is provided with a mounting hole for an inlet pipe of the ventricular auxiliary device to penetrate through, and a mounting groove surrounding the mounting hole is formed in the suture ring. And the clamping ring is embedded in the mounting groove. The inner diameter of the clamping ring is adjustable, and the hole diameter of the mounting hole can be adjusted by adjusting the inner diameter of the clamping ring. The pressing ring is arranged on the suture ring and abuts against the clamping ring so that the clamping ring can be limited in the installation groove. The connecting piece is fixedly connected with the suture ring and the pressing ring. According to the ventricle connecting mechanism, the clamping ring is pressed against the clamping ring through the pressing ring, and the connecting piece is arranged to fixedly connect the suture ring and the pressing ring, so that the clamping ring is clamped between the pressing ring and the bottom wall of the mounting groove, and the risk that the clamping ring falls off from the suture ring is reduced.

The invention provides a self-adaptive control method and device for a double-ventricle auxiliary system. The method comprises the steps that target aortic pressure detected by a first pressure sensor, target left ventricular end diastolic pressure detected by a second pressure sensor, target right atrial pressure detected by a third pressure sensor and target pulmonary artery pressure detected by a fourth pressure sensor are obtained; and determining a strategy for adjusting the left ventricular assist device or the right ventricular assist device according to the target left ventricular end diastolic pressure, the target right ventricular pressure and the target pulmonary arterial pressure when the peripheral perfusion of the target user is insufficient or the lung is over-perfused. The pressure sensors are arranged to detect the pressure of the inlets and the outlets of the left ventricular assist device and the right ventricular assist device, whether adverse events such as peripheral insufficiency or pulmonary hyperperfusion occur to a user or not is judged according to the detected pressure, and then the adverse events are relieved or even solved by adjusting the rotating speeds of the left ventricular assist device and the right ventricular assist device. And the safety of the user is greatly improved.

The invention provides a close-range valve-pump integrated ventricular auxiliary circulating pump device, and relates to the technical field of heart blood pumps, the close-range valve-pump integrated ventricular auxiliary circulating pump device comprises a ventricular auxiliary circulating pump device, the ventricular auxiliary circulating pump device is connected in series with a heart artery tube, and the ventricular auxiliary circulating pump device is arranged in a heart chamber and below an aortic valve or a pulmonary artery valve; the ventricular auxiliary circulating pump device comprises an axial flow channel and a power part located in the axial flow channel. The upper end of the axial flow channel is provided with a radially outward turnup part, the turnup part faces the lower surface of the aortic valve or the pulmonary valve and is sewn at the aortic root or the pulmonary artery root, the turnup part serves as a mounting plane, and the power part is provided with an impeller rotating in the axial direction of the axial flow channel. The plane of the outlet of the impeller and the plane where the flanging part is located are the same plane, and direct adjacent maximum pressure of the ventricular auxiliary circulating pump device is provided for the aortic valve or the pulmonary valve.

The utility model discloses a control device and a ventricular assist system. The control device is applied to the ventricular assist system, the ventricular assist system comprises a blood pumping catheter, and the control device comprises a power supply assembly used for providing a working power supply for the blood pumping catheter; the interface assembly is used for detecting the connection state of the blood pumping catheter and the control equipment; the power conversion assembly is electrically connected with the power supply assembly; the controller, the power supply assembly, the interface assembly and the power supply conversion assembly are electrically connected with the controller, and the controller is used for obtaining configuration information of the blood pumping catheter under the condition that the connection state is successful, so that the power supply conversion assembly is controlled to convert a working power supply provided by the power supply assembly according to the configuration information; the configuration information comprises the working voltage of the blood pumping motor. According to the embodiment of the invention, the system adapts to the functional requirements of different blood pumping catheters, adapts to various types of blood pumping catheters, reduces the development tasks of control equipment, reduces the cost, and reduces the loss.

The present invention provides a close-range valve pump integrated ventricular assist circulation pump device, which relates to the field of cardiac blood pump technology and includes: a ventricular assist circulation pump device, which is connected in series with the cardiac artery tube, and the ventricular assist circulation pump device is arranged in the ventricle and below the aortic valve or the pulmonary valve; the ventricular assist circulation pump device includes an axial flow channel and a power unit located in the axial flow channel; the upper end of the axial flow channel is provided with a radially outward flange portion, the flange portion faces the lower surface of the aortic valve or the pulmonary valve and is sutured to the aortic root or the pulmonary artery root, the flange portion serves as an installation plane, the power unit has an impeller rotating in the axial direction of the axial flow channel, and the impeller outlet plane is in the same plane as the plane where the flange portion is located, providing the ventricular assist circulation pump device with a maximum pressure directly adjacent to the aortic valve or the pulmonary valve.

The invention discloses an interventional auxiliary blood pressure pressurization system, relates to the technical field of medical apparatuses and instruments, and aims to solve the problem that a driving motor of an interventional auxiliary ventricular system in the prior art is fixed in a sleeve, and the heat dissipation performance of the driving motor is poor. The embodiment of the invention discloses an interventional auxiliary blood pressure pressurization system which comprises a sleeve, a liquid inlet frame, an impeller structure, a bendable long-strip-shaped driving part and a driving motor arranged outside the body, the sleeve is fixedly connected with the liquid inlet frame, and a liquid outlet is further formed in the sleeve; one end of the long-strip-shaped driving piece is in transmission connection with an output shaft of the driving motor, and the other end of the long-strip-shaped driving piece penetrates through the sleeve and is rotationally connected with the liquid inlet frame; the impeller structure is arranged in the sleeve and located between the liquid inlet frame and the liquid outlet, and the impeller structure is fixedly arranged on the long-strip-shaped driving piece in a sleeving mode and rotates synchronously with the long-strip-shaped driving piece.

The application relates to a blood pump and a ventricular assist system. The blood pump comprises a handle mechanism, a catheter, a pump shell and a blood pumping driving mechanism; the handle mechanism comprises a handle main body and a power assembly arranged on the handle main body; the blood pumping driving mechanism comprises a paddle assembly and a driving assembly, the paddle assembly is arranged in the pump shell and has a first mode and a second mode, the maximum radial dimension of the paddle assembly in the first mode is greater than that in the second mode, the proximal end of the driving assembly is connected with the power assembly through the catheter, the power assembly can drive the paddle assembly to reciprocate axially through the driving assembly, so that the paddle assembly is switched between the first mode and the second mode in turn, and the paddle assembly can perform a blood pumping operation. The blood pump can improve the operation safety by changing the blood pumping mode of the blood pumping driving mechanism and the position of the power assembly.

The invention provides a ventricular elasticity value estimation method and device.The method comprises the steps that a first parameter and a second parameter are obtained, the first parameter comprises at least one of target ventricular pressure, target aortic pressure and target pulmonary arterial pressure of a target user, and the second parameter comprises at least one of the target ventricular pressure, the target aortic pressure and the target pulmonary arterial pressure; the second parameter comprises the pumping flow of the target ventricular assist device and the cardiac cycle of the target user; inputting the first parameter and the second parameter into a target decision model, and outputting a target ventricular volume; and estimating a target ventricular elasticity value according to the ratio of the target ventricular pressure to the target ventricular volume. The ventricular volume of the current user is estimated through the decision model, the estimated ventricular elasticity value is calculated according to the ratio of the ventricular pressure to the ventricular volume, and the ventricular elasticity value of the patient can be accurately predicted in real time without depending on ultrasonic equipment.

The invention provides a position monitoring device and method of a catheter pump and a ventricular assist device and equipment, and relates to the field of medical instrument control. The position monitoring device comprises a pressure difference monitoring module, a position judgment module and a position detection module, the differential pressure monitoring module is used for calculating the differential pressure of the conduit pump according to the rotating speed of the motor and the flow of the conduit pump; wherein the motor drives the conduit pump to work; the position judgment module is used for judging whether the position of the catheter pump is correct or not according to the pressure difference of the catheter pump; and the position detection module is used for determining the wrong position of the conduit pump according to the fluid outlet pressure of the fluid outlet of the conduit pump under the condition that the position of the conduit pump is incorrect. By using the position monitoring device provided by the embodiment of the invention, whether the position of the catheter pump of the ventricular assist device (VAD) is correct or not can be monitored in real time, and a foundation is laid for providing stable auxiliary flow for the ventricular assist device.

A ventricular assist device including a frame having a proximal end and an outer surface, and an anchor having a base and a brace coupled to the base. The base is attached to the proximal end of the frame. The device also includes a stator assembly coupled to the frame, a rotor assembly disposed between the stator assembly and the frame, and a power source operatively coupled to the stator assembly. The anchor is moveable between a collapsed configuration in which an inner surface of the brace contacts the outer surface of the frame, and an expanded configuration, in which the inner surface of the brace is offset from the outer surface of the frame and an outer surface of the brace engages a portion of the blood vessel to secure the frame within the blood vessel.

The present application relates to a ventricular assist device. Apparatus and methods are described herein, including a blood pump (20) configured to be placed within a subject's body, the blood pump comprising an impeller (50) and a frame (34) disposed around the impeller, the impeller comprising proximal and distal bushings (64, 58), the frame comprising proximal and distal bearings (116, 118). An axial shaft (92) passes through the proximal and distal bearings (116, 118) of the frame and the proximal and distal bushings (64, 58) of the impeller (50). The impeller (50) defines a radially constrained configuration in which the impeller (50) is introduced into the subject's body and a non-radially constrained configuration in which the impeller (50) is configured to pump blood within the subject's body. The impeller (50) is changed from its radially constrained configuration to its non-radially constrained configuration by sliding the distal bushing (58) over the axial shaft (92). Other applications are also described herein.