Abstract: Disclosed are a trading system and method for commodity distribution. The method includes receiving data of one or more organizations looking for one or more producers based on one or more employees of the organizations. The method includes matching the organizations with the one or more producers. The method includes identifying one or more deals for the organizations and one or more employers of the organizations based on a placement in a market for purchasing one or more commodities from the producers. The method includes identifying one or more third-party processors to customize the one or more commodities of the organizations. The method includes obtaining information of a delivery location associated with the one or more commodities. The method includes facilitating an administrator to transfer the one or more commodities to the delivery location upon the customization of the one or more commodities as per the requirement of the organizations.

Abstract: A device adapted for determining cardiac viability, wherein said device includes: a cannula having a hollow body and at least a distal end adapted for insertion into a heart and operator end for adapted for an operator to position the catheter in the ventricular apex and adapted for connection to a plumbing system; an inflatable balloon positioned near to the distal end in fluid communication with the hollow body to allow for selected inflation of the balloon, a controller adapted to calculate the viability of the heart from pressure data detected within cannula or balloon which is inflated to various degrees with an incompressible fluid.

Abstract: An active implantable medical device comprising a therapeutic device, a controller and at least one rechargeable battery, wherein a single hermetically sealed housing encapsulates a therapeutic device, controller and rechargeable battery. A hermetically sealed housing additionally encapsulates a wireless interface and a commutator.

Abstract: Cannula devices and related methods are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, a cannula ring includes a body portion having a substantially cylindrical member defining an opening therethrough. A plurality of anchor arms coupled with the body portion and configured to be positioned in a first, collapsed state and a second, deployed state, wherein the anchor arms each include a free end that is radially displaced from the body portion while in the second, deployed state relative to their positions while in the first, collapsed state. Suture rings and other associated structures and devices are also described.

Abstract: Cannula devices and related methods are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, a cannula ring includes a body portion having a substantially cylindrical member defining an opening therethrough. A plurality of anchor arms coupled with the body portion and configured to be positioned in a first, collapsed state and a second, deployed state, wherein the anchor arms each include a free end that is radially displaced from the body portion while in the second, deployed state relative to their positions while in the first, collapsed state. Suture rings and other associated structures and devices are also described.

Abstract: An active implantable medical device comprising a therapeutic device, a controller and at least one rechargeable battery, wherein a single hermetically sealed housing encapsulates a therapeutic device, controller and rechargeable battery. A hermetically sealed housing additionally encapsulates a wireless interface and a commutator.

Abstract: A device and/or system for use in evaluation, transportation or storage of a donor heart, wherein the device comprises: a number of flexible membranes forming a sterile field around the heart; a first connector adapted to be attached into the membranes and a second connector attached with the membranes; wherein the first connector is adapted to secure and engage the aorta of the heart; and wherein the heart is partially suspended by the first connector.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to an apparatus for providing hands-free hydration to a person. Specifically, the invention comprises a case having a storage container with chilled fluid therein and a pump for circulating the chilled fluid. Additionally, the device further comprises several lines of tube for supplying water to a user when the user engages a bite valve.

Abstract: A device and/or system for use in evaluation, transportation or storage of a donor heart, wherein the device comprises: a number of flexible membranes forming a sterile field around the heart; a first connector adapted to be attached into the membranes and a second connector attached with the membranes; wherein the first connector is adapted to secure and engage the aorta of the heart; and wherein the heart is partially suspended by the first connector.

Abstract: A device adapted for determining cardiac viability, wherein said device includes: a cannula having a hollow body and at least a distal end adapted for insertion into a heart and operator end for adapted for an operator to position the catheter in the ventricular apex and adapted for connection to a plumbing system; an inflatable balloon positioned near to the distal end in fluid communication with the hollow body to allow for selected inflation of the balloon, a controller adapted to calculate the viability of the heart from pressure data detected within cannula or balloon which is inflated to various degrees with an incompressible fluid.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to an apparatus for providing hands-free hydration to a person. Specifically, the invention comprises a case having a storage container with chilled fluid therein and a pump for circulating the chilled fluid. Additionally, the device further comprises several lines of tube for supplying water to a user when the user engages a bite valve.

Abstract: An active implantable medical device comprising a therapeutic device, a controller and at least one rechargeable battery, wherein a single hermetically sealed housing encapsulates a therapeutic device, controller and rechargeable battery. A hermetically sealed housing additionally encapsulates a wireless interface and a commutator.

Abstract: An axial flow rotary blood pump including an impeller (5) adapted to be magnetically rotated within a housing by the interaction of magnets disposed on or in the impeller and stators disposed on or in the housing. The impeller includes at least one support ring (2) supporting a plurality of blades (4), and a hydrodynamic bearing (3) that operates at least axially and radially in respect of an axis of rotation of the impeller (5).

Abstract: A system for controlling the speed of a rotary blood pump. The system oscillates the speed of the pump to produce pulsed pressure at the outlet of the pump. The speed is oscillated synchronously with the natural cardiac cycle. The natural cardiac cycle is determined using a pulsatility index calculated from the back EMF produced by the pump.

Abstract: A pumping system for assisting the circulatory system of a patient, wherein the system includes a rotary flow blood pump by a first cannula connected to a portion of the left side of the heart and a second cannula connected to the aorta; and characterised in that the pumping speed of said pump is adjusted in accordance with measurements from a pressure sensor mounted in or on an inner wall of a portion of the left side of the heart.

Abstract: The invention comprises an embolisation device for insertably sealing a cannula. The embolisation device comprises a sealing cap at a first end and a carrier surface at a second end. The carrier surface is adapted to carry a coagulating material and induces an embolism at a position proximal to the second end and an elongate stem adapted to be inserted within the cannula.

Abstract: An active implantable medical device comprising a therapeutic device, a controller and at least one rechargeable battery, wherein a single hermetically sealed housing encapsulates a therapeutic device, controller and rechargeable battery. A hermetically sealed housing additionally encapsulates a wireless interface and a commutator.

Abstract: A percutaneous lead assembly (10) for supplying electrical signals to a medical device (2) implanted within a body of a patient (1). The lead assembly comprising a flexible elongate member having a first portion (8) adapted to remain external to the body of a patient. The first portion having a first diameter and a second portion (4) joined to the first portion and adapted to extend through a hole (5) in a skin layer of the body of the patient. The second portion having a second diameter which is substantially smaller than the first diameter.

Abstract: A device for communicating electric signals across the skin layer (1) of a patient, wherein the device includes: an electrically conductive core (2) capable of forming an EMF flux loop; first (3) and second (4) coils, which are in EMF communication with said electrical conductive core (2) and wherein the first coil (3) is positioned externally to the patient and surrounds at least a first portion of the electrically conductive core (2); and the second coil (4) is implanted beneath or in the skin layer and surrounds at least a second portion of the electrically conductive core.

Abstract: A blood pumping system for supplementing distal blood perfusion comprising a blood pressure altering device in the form of a blood pump (1) having an inlet (10) and an outlet (9) which also includes an upstream end (2) and a downstream end (4). The blood pressure altering device (1) cooperates with a circulatory system of a patient (15) to promote blood flow throughout at least one or more distal regions including limbs, a brain region of a patient by altering vascular blood pressure. The blood pressure altering device (1), when in use, is positioned in series with the normal blood flow of the circulatory system of a patient (15).