Patents Assigned to Sorin Group Italia S.r.l.
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Publication number: 20220184530Abstract: A system for removing gaseous micro emboli from blood prior to oxygenation. The system including a module having a blood inlet, a blood outlet, and a port configured to provide atmospheric or sub-atmospheric pressures, and microporous hollow fibers situated in the module and fluidly coupled to the port to provide the atmospheric or sub-atmospheric pressures inside the microporous hollow fibers. The module is configured to receive the blood through the blood inlet such that the blood flows from the blood inlet to the blood outlet around outside surfaces of the microporous hollow fibers such that at least some of the gaseous micro emboli in the blood are drawn from the blood through the microporous hollow fibers by the atmospheric or sub-atmospheric pressures.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2022Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicant: Sorin Group Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Andrea Zaniboni, Stefano Spro, Claudio Silvestri
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Publication number: 20220168483Abstract: A purger device for hollow fiber oxygenators, including a gas inlet, a gas outlet, and a fluid communication feature between the gas inlet and the gas outlet. The purger device further including an accumulation chamber having a variable volume plenum ported to the fluid communication feature, and a flow control unit configured to vary fluid communication patterns in the fluid communication feature and having a first operating condition and a second operating condition, wherein in the first operating condition the flow control unit enables a fluid communication between the gas inlet and gas outlet, and wherein in the second operating condition the flow control unit enables a fluid communication between the gas inlet and the variable volume plenum of the accumulation chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2022Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: Sorin Group Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Andrea Zaniboni, Claudio Silvestri
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Publication number: 20220099560Abstract: A system includes a cuvette including a cuvette body forming a substantially planar exterior surface and having a sensor window defined within the substantially planar exterior surface. The cuvette further includes a probe retention structure extending from the cuvette body. The system includes a probe with a probe body and a protrusion that is removably coupled to the probe retention structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2021Publication date: March 31, 2022Applicant: Sorin Group Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Andrea Galavotti, Gabriele Tommasi, Giampaolo Simonini, Marco Luppi, Andrea Zaniboni, Paola Capriati
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Publication number: 20220023519Abstract: A blood processing apparatus may include a heat exchanger and a gas exchanger. At least one of the heat exchanger and the gas exchanger may be configured to impart a radial component to blow flow through the heat exchanger and/or gas exchanger. The heat exchanger may be configured to cause blood flow to follow a spiral flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicant: Sorin Group Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Stefano Reggiani, Gianfranco Beniamino Fiore, Alberto Redaelli, Christian Baiotto
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Patent number: 11226282Abstract: A system includes a cuvette including a cuvette body forming a substantially planar exterior surface and having a sensor window defined within the substantially planar exterior surface. The cuvette further includes a probe retention structure extending from the cuvette body. The system includes a probe with a probe body and a protrusion that is removably coupled to the probe retention structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2016Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: Sorin Group Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Andrea Galavotti, Gabriele Tommasi, Giampaolo Simonini, Marco Luppi, Andrea Zaniboni, Paola Capriati
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Patent number: 11160912Abstract: A blood processing apparatus may include a heat exchanger and a gas exchanger. At least one of the heat exchanger and the gas exchanger may be configured to impart a radial component to blow flow through the heat exchanger and/or gas exchanger. The heat exchanger may be configured to cause blood flow to follow a spiral flow path.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignee: Sorin Group Italia S.R.L.Inventors: Stefano Reggiani, Gianfranco Beniamino Fiore, Alberto Redaelli, Christian Baiotto
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Patent number: 10966823Abstract: A prosthetic heart valve includes at least one sealing member. The sealing member is adapted to conform to any surface irregularities found on the inner surface of the valve annulus, including any calcium deposits formed on the valve leaflets. The sealing member can be self-expanding or non-expanding. When deployed, the sealing member is adapted to create a blood tight seal between the prosthetic heart valve and the inner surface of the valve annulus thereby minimizing and/or eliminating perivalvular leakage at the implantation site.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2017Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Sorin Group Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Rakesh M. Suri, W. Andrew Ziarno, Eric Manasse
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Patent number: 10814056Abstract: A blood processing apparatus includes a housing, a shell, a fiber bundle, and an elastic tube. The housing has a blood inlet and a blood outlet and the shell is situated in the housing and configured to receive blood through the blood inlet. The shell includes a surface and one or more apertures extending through the surface to permit the blood to flow to an exterior of the shell. The fiber bundle includes gas exchanger hollow fibers situated about the shell such that gas flows through and the blood flows across the gas exchanger hollow fibers. The elastic tube includes a fiber web situated about the fiber bundle and configured to elastically constrain and protect the gas exchanger hollow fibers during the insertion into the housing. The fiber web has a pore size that permits the blood to flow across the fiber web without filtering micro-emboli from the blood.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2014Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Sorin Group Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Andrea Zaniboni, Sara Menozzi, Francesco Benatti
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Patent number: 10709637Abstract: A venous reservoir including a single inlet line clamp capable of partially or completely restricting blood flow to the venous reservoir. The venous reservoir is provided with a rigid back plate or bracket that can accommodate an inlet line capable of joining to at least one blood inlet port. The rigid back plate or bracket can accommodate a clamp capable of completely or partially closing the inlet line containing both the cardiotomy line and the venous line to manually control the blood flow drained from the patient.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2014Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Sorin Group Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Stefano Spro, Stefano Reggiani, Claudio Silvestri, Francesco Benatti, Adriano Mazzoli
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Patent number: 10661004Abstract: A gas exchanger with a restriction element or elements to reduce gas exchange as desired to avoid hypo-capnia and hyper-oxygenation in small patients. The gas exchanger includes a gas exchanger housing with an outer wall and a core which defines an inner wall and having a blood inlet for receiving a blood supply and a blood outlet. The gas exchanger also includes a hollow fiber bundle disposed within the housing between the core and the outer wall, and a gas inlet compartment for receiving an oxygen supply and directing the oxygen supply to the first ends of the hollow fiber bundle, wherein the gas inlet compartment includes at least one restriction element configured to allow the oxygen supply to reach only a portion of the hollow fiber bundle.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2015Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Sorin Group Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Adriano Mazzoli, Stefano Reggiani
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Patent number: 10653509Abstract: A holder for a heart valve prosthesis, the holder including a hub portion having a longitudinal axis, an engagement portion coupled to the hub portion and including plural finger members variably positionable relative to the hub portion between a collapsed condition wherein the finger members are closed onto the hub portion and an expanded condition wherein the finger members radially protrude with respect to the hub portion to engage a heart valve prosthesis.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Sorin Group Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Giovanni Giordano, Paolo Gaschino, Giovanni Rolando, Arnaldo Giannetti
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Patent number: 10617804Abstract: An autotransfusion system for separating fluid constituents includes a centrifuge housing and a rotatable driving member mounted within the centrifuge housing. The rotatable driving member is configured to receive therein and rotationally engage any one of a plurality of centrifuge bowls with different heights. In some embodiments, the centrifuge bowl is integrated with a fluid line organizer to provide for easy and efficient organization of a plurality of different fluid lines incorporated into the autotransfusion system. In some embodiments, the centrifuge bowl and fluid line organizer are easily and efficiently coupled to the centrifuge housing for autotransfusion processing.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2014Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Sorin Group Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Andrea Galavotti, Elisa Maculan, Giampaolo Simonini, Ivo Panzani
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Patent number: 10458833Abstract: A system includes a fluid reservoir, a differential pressure sensor, and a controller. The fluid reservoir has a bottom and is to hold a fluid. The differential pressure sensor is coupled to the bottom of the fluid reservoir and to sense a pressure difference between pressure exerted on the differential pressure sensor by the fluid and pressure exerted on the fluid in the fluid reservoir and to provide at least one signal that indicates a fluid level in the fluid reservoir. The controller is to receive the at least one signal and determine a fluid volume in the fluid reservoir based on the at least one signal. Also, the controller is to provide at least one of a fluid level signal that indicates the fluid level in the fluid reservoir and a fluid volume signal that indicates the fluid volume in the fluid reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2014Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Sorin Group Italia S.r.l.Inventor: Ivan Rossi
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Patent number: 10369262Abstract: A blood processing apparatus includes an optional heat exchanger and a gas exchanger disposed within a housing. In some instances, the gas exchanger can include a screen filter spirally wound into the gas exchanger such that blood passing through the gas exchanger passes through the screen filter and is filtered by the spirally wound screen filter a plurality of times.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2014Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Sorin Group Italia S.r.l.Inventor: Stefano Reggiani
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Patent number: 10293098Abstract: A system for removing undesirable elements from blood. The system includes a centrifuge bowl to separate the blood into components according to relative densities of the components, a pump to provide wash solution that washes the blood in the centrifuge bowl, and a controller to wash the blood in the centrifuge bowl in a first wash and remove first undesirable elements and to wash the blood in the centrifuge bowl in a second wash and remove trapped undesirable elements. The controller to further mix the blood and the wash solution in the centrifuge bowl and provide diluted blood, separate the diluted blood into concentrated blood and the wash solution, fill the centrifuge bowl with previously concentrated blood to build a buffy coat, and empty the centrifuge bowl of the concentrated blood and the previously concentrated blood after the buffy coat is reached.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2018Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Sorin Group Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Elisa Maculan, Laura Scholze
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Patent number: 10245141Abstract: An implant device (V), such as a heart valve, for implantation in an animal body includes an annular structure and one or more elongated anchoring members deployable to a deployed condition for insertion into an animal body. The anchoring members are retractable from the deployed condition to a rolled up condition wherein the anchoring members protrude radially out from the annular structure of the device (V) to provide anchoring to a body structure (AS) of an animal. In the rolled up condition the anchoring members at least partly protrude axially of the annular structure of the device (V).Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2014Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: Sorin Group Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Laura Ghione, Paolo Gaschino, Monica Francesca Achiluzzi
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Patent number: 10213541Abstract: A blood reservoir may be used in combination with other elements such as a heart lung machine (HLM), oxygenator, heat exchanger, arterial filter and the like to form an extracorporeal blood circuit that may be employed in a procedure such as a bypass procedure. The blood reservoir may be configured to receive, filter and store blood from a number of sources including vent blood (from within the heart), venous blood (from a major vein), purge blood (from a sampling line) and cardiotomy or suction blood (from the surgical field).Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2015Date of Patent: February 26, 2019Assignee: Sorin Group Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Claudio Silvestri, Gabriele Tommasi
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Patent number: 10183148Abstract: A bi-directional perfusion cannula is provided that includes an elongate tube for insertion into an artery. The elongate tube has a first aperture at a distal end of the tube which is forward during insertion and configured so that blood can flow into the artery in the direction of insertion, an elbow formed in the elongate tube, and a second aperture formed in or slightly rearward of the elbow and configured for supplying blood into the artery in a second direction which is generally opposite to the insertion direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2014Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: Sorin Group Italia S.r.l.Inventors: Randall Moshinsky, James McMillan, Elli Tutungi
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Patent number: 10159777Abstract: A blood processing apparatus may include a heat exchanger and a gas exchanger. At least one of the heat exchanger and the gas exchanger may be configured to impart a radial component to blow flow through the heat exchanger and/or gas exchanger. The heat exchanger may be configured to cause blood flow to follow a spiral flow path.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignees: Sorin Group Italia S.r.l., Politecnico di MilanoInventors: Stefano Reggiani, Gianfranco Beniamino Fiore, Alberto Redaelli, Christian Baiotto
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Patent number: 10143550Abstract: A heart valve prosthesis configured to be implanted at cardiac valve annulus located at an interface between a ventricle (LV) and an atrium (LA), the heart valve prosthesis including: a first portion configured for enclosing a plurality of chordae tendineae (CT) in the ventricle (LV) and native valve leaflets (NVL) to which said chordae tendineae are connected, and a second portion including a radially expandable annular member and a prosthetic heart valve anchored to said radially expandable annular member, wherein said first portion is configured to be implanted in the ventricle (LV), and wherein said second portion is configured to be implanted and coupled to the first portion at the cardiac valve annulus.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2014Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: Sorin Group Italia S.r.l.Inventor: Monica F. Achiluzzi