PUMP-OUTLET TUBE
An apparatus, comprising: a left-ventricular assist device (20), comprising: a pump-outlet tube (24) shaped to define one or more laterally-facing blood-outlet openings (109) and comprising a first section (24a) and a second section (24b) that overlap one another between the laterally-facing blood-o...
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Zusammenfassung: | An apparatus, comprising: a left-ventricular assist device (20), comprising: a pump-outlet tube (24) shaped to define one or more laterally-facing blood-outlet openings (109) and comprising a first section (24a) and a second section (24b) that overlap one another between the laterally-facing blood-outlet openings (109), the pump-outlet tube (24) being configured for insertion, through an aorta of a subject, into a left ventricle of a heart of the subject such that the pump-outlet tube (24) traverses an aortic valve of the subject with the lateral blood-outlet openings (108) being disposed within the aorta; and an impeller (50) disposed within the first section (24a) of the pump-outlet tube (24) and configured to pump blood of the subject, through the laterally-facing blood-outlet openings (109), from the left ventricle into the aorta. |
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