Two-stage venous cannula with expandable reinforcing member

Details Two-stage venous cannula with expandable reinforcing member Two-stage venous cannula with expandable reinforcing member

1996-06-13

1998-06-23

Yasko, John D.

Surgery

Means for introducing or removing material from body for...

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604282, 604 53, A61M 2500

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ABSTRACT:
A two-staged venous cannula is disclosed. The cannula includes an expandable reinforcing member around the atrial basket that prevents the cannula from kinking or collapsing in the area where the reinforcing member is applied. The reinforcing member preferably consists of an even number of rigid discrete beams of the same length equally spaced about the circumference of a cylinder. In an alternate embodiment, the beams may be equally spaced on the surface of a cone. Alternate spaces between the beams are formed. The alternate spaces between the beams are equally spaced around the circumference of the cannula. The alternate spaces between the beams remain equally spaced around the circumference of the cannula as the reinforcing member is expanded over a larger diameter. This design for the reinforcing member provides space between the beams where holes of the preferred shape, size and orientation can be placed through the cannula without requiring cutting through the material of the reinforcing member.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4129129 (1978-12-01), Amrine
patent: 4639252 (1987-01-01), Kelly et al.
patent: 5643226 (1997-07-01), Cosgrove et al.

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