A pump-outflow-cannula and a blood managing system

摘要

The invention relates to a pump-outflow-cannula (23) providing a blood conduit from an external blood handling system to a heart (2) and / or to an associated vessel, said pump-outflow-cannula (23) comprising a body (24) encompassing an essentially axially extending outflow-lumen (25) having a distal-end (26) for an introduction of blood from said blood management system into the outflow-lumen (25), and having a proximal-end (27) for an attachment of the outflow-lumen (25) to the heart (2) and / or to the associated vessel. According to the invention, said body (24) of the pump-outflow-cannula (23) comprises a reinforcement-means (28).The invention is also related to a blood managing system comprising a pump-outflow-cannula (23) in accordance with the present invention.