A pump-outflow-cannula and a blood managing system

摘要

The invention relates to a pump-outflow-cannula (19) providing a blood conduit from an external blood handling system to a heart (2) and / or to an associated vessel. The pump-outflow-cannula (19) comprises a body (20) encompassing an essentially axially extending outflow-lumen (21) having a distal-end (22) for an introduction of blood from said blood management system into the outflow-lumen (21), and having a proximal-end (23) for an attachment of the outflow-lumen (21) to the heart (2) and / or to the associated vessel. According to the invention, said body (20) of the pump-outflow-cannula comprises a reinforcement-means (24).The invention is also related to a blood managing system comprising a pump-outflow-cannula in accordance with the present invention.