Instructions for use: Ikus - Berlin Heart

Connect the pumps to the cannulas
Implantation – Surgical procedure
8.6 Connect the pumps to the cannulas
Warning!
• When connecting the blood pump(s), pay attention to the arrows on the inflow and
outflow stubs. These show the blood flow direction.
Note
• Depending on the site of the anastomosis, the air or blood chambers of the pump
point upward:
Support
LVAD
but
LVAD with P80M-004 and P80M-005
(in/ out exchanged)
Anastomosis of inflow
cannula in
points upward...
Instructions
1. Bring the patient into the Trendelenburg position.
2. Loosen the tube clamps, rinse the cannulas, then lock the cannulas underneath the
incision wound with tube clamps.
3. Connect the prefilled pump first on the inflow site and then on the outflow side. In doing
so, sprinkle sterile saline solution on it to connect the pump approximately without air.
Proceed carefully to prevent damage to the glove or the inner surface of the cannula.
4. Loosen the tube clamps, then de-air the pump(s) and cannulas.
5. Connect the driving tube to the pump.
Caution!
• Ensure the tension-free and bend-free positioning of the cannulas, blood pump(s) and
driving tubes.
End position of the blood pumps with biventricular assistance/ support, left apical
Note
• Then the driving tube is connected to the Ikus. The Ikus is started and the parameters
50 1000002 Rev. 4.9.1
Apex
Apex
Blood chamber
Air chamber
RVAD Atrium Air chamber
LVAD Atrium Air chamber
a
b
c
f
e
d
a RVAD/ right pump (air chamber points upward)
b Inflow cannula of the right atrium
c Outflow cannula to the pulmonary artery
d LVAD/ left pump (blood chamber points upward)
e Inflow cannula of the apex
f Outflow cannula to the aorta ascendens