Equipment for the support of biomedical devices comprises a supporting frame; a first supporting device/apparatus/unit/component/structure or the like of a first biomedical device associated with the supporting frame; a second supporting device/apparatus/unit/component/structure or the like of a second biomedical device, of the type of a magnetic drive centrifugal pump provided with at least one rotor element and with motor device/apparatus/unit/component/structure or the like for the rotational actuation of the rotor element, associated with the supporting frame, one or more electrical connectors that can be connected to the electrical user points; at least one control and command unit operatively connected to the connectors and configured to process the data coming from the connectors; and a rechargeable power supply device/apparatus/unit/component/structure or the like associated with the supporting frame and electrically connected at least to the control and command unit.

A device for extracorporeal blood treatment, in particular a dialysis machine, including a peristaltic pump for conveying fluid from a low-pressure side to a high-pressure side, the peristaltic pump comprising a rotor which is rotatable around a rotor axis and a support area which is formed around the rotor axis in an arcuate manner, with an elastically deformable fluid line being able to be positioned between the rotor and the support area and being deformed between the rotor and the support area with rotation of the rotor while forming a cross-sectional constriction, so that upon rotation of the rotor with respect to the support area a fluid in the fluid line is conveyed from the low-pressure side to the high-pressure side. The device includes a machine housing part realized as a formed sheet metal part, wherein the support area is formed in the machine housing part by plastic deformation.

A wearable cannula tube holder includes a head strap having a first end and a second end and a cannula tube support member configured to allow a cannula tube to have movement in the vertical and horizontal directions when the user moves their head sideways without having the cannula tube pull away from an insertion site. The head strap includes a first attachment mechanism located at the first end, a second attachment mechanism located at the second end, and a plurality of seams to create quilted portions. The quilted portions are configured to provide air flow under the head strap when the head strap is engaged with a user. The wearable cannula tube holder may be used with a right ventricular assist device or an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation device.

A wearable cannula tube holder includes a head strap having a first end and a second end and a cannula tube support member configured to allow a cannula tube to have movement in the vertical and horizontal directions when the user moves their head sideways without having the cannula tube pull away from an insertion site. The head strap includes a first attachment mechanism located at the first end, a second attachment mechanism located at the second end, and a plurality of seams to create quilted portions. The quilted portions are configured to provide air flow under the head strap when the head strap is engaged with a user. The wearable cannula tube holder may be used with a right ventricular assist device or an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation device.

A portable dialysis device that can be continuously worn in and/or on the body of a patient, with a blood chamber in which the patient's blood can be received, a hydraulic chamber which can be filled with a hydraulic fluid and which adjoins the blood chamber, an at least partially flexible delivery membrane which is arranged between the hydraulic chamber and the blood chamber and which, when the hydraulic chamber is filled with hydraulic fluid, is movable in the direction of the blood chamber in such a way as to cause a compression of the blood chamber and therefore an ejection of the blood located therein, a pump for controllable filling and/or emptying of the hydraulic fluid in the hydraulic chamber, such that blood can in this way be conveyed into the blood chamber and/or out of the latter, a filter membrane which is arranged between the blood chamber and the hydraulic chamber and through which waste substances in the blood can be removed to the hydraulic fluid located in the hydraulic chamber, such that the hydraulic fluid serves at the same time as dialysate. Additionally, a method for operating a portable dialysis device.

A cardiac assist system includes a pneumatic effector which is implanted beneath a pericardial sac and over a myocardial surface overlying the patient's left ventricle. A port is implanted and receives a percutaneously introduced cannula. The port is connected to supply a driving gas received from the cannula to the pneumatic effector. An external drive unit includes a pump assembly and control circuitry which operate the pump to actuate the pneumatic effector in response to the patient's sensed heart rhythm. A connecting tube has a pump end connected to the pump and a percutaneous port-connecting end attached to the implantable port.

A cardiac assist system includes a pneumatic effector which is implanted beneath a pericardial sac and over a myocardial surface overlying the patient's left ventricle. A port is implanted and receives a percutaneously introduced cannula. The port is connected to supply a driving gas received from the cannula to the pneumatic effector. An external drive unit includes a pump assembly and control circuitry which operate the pump to actuate the pneumatic effector in response to the patient's sensed heart rhythm. A connecting tube has a pump end connected to the pump and a percutaneous port-connecting end attached to the implantable port.

A veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation system includes a dual lumen drainage cannula configured for withdrawing blood from a patient's vasculature in a manner that provides a perfusion of oxygenated blood with reduced carbon dioxide content while unloading the left ventricle, with two points of access to the patient's vasculature. The dual lumen drainage cannula has a first drainage tube and a second drainage tube co-axially aligned with the first drainage tube. The first and second drainage tubes are fluidly coupled to a connector. A blood pump having a pump inlet is configured for fluidly connecting with the connector, while an oxygenator having an oxygenator inlet is configured for fluidly connecting with a pump outlet. An infusion cannula is configured for fluidly connecting with an oxygenator outlet for infusing oxygenated blood into a patient's bloodstream.

A system for assisting a patient's heart has a pump, an oxygenator, a holder having a pump receiving portion for removably receiving the pump and an oxygenator receiving portion for removably receiving the oxygenator, and a harness configured to surround at least a portion of a patient's torso. The holder is connected to the harness. The system further has a brace connected to at least a portion of the harness. The brace is configured to extend behind a back portion of a user's head and to support tubing connected to at least one of the pump and the oxygenator. A priming tray and wet-to-wet connector connecting the cardiac assist system to the cannula are also disclosed.

An extracorporeal blood flow system includes a blood pump comprising a pump rotor coupled to be rotated by a motor, a transducer disposed in operative proximity to the rotor and configured to generate electrical energy in response to a first changing magnetic field associated with rotation of the rotor, and at least one sensor powered by electrical energy generated by the transducer.