THORATEC CORPORATION

Batteries and battery chargers, electrical system controllers which monitor and control implanted devices, embedded medical software that records and analyzes data received from a patient worn monitor, display monitors which record and present data received from a patient worn monitor, power cables, and portable disc drives, all for use with cardiac assist devices for treating patients with heart disease

Mechanical circulatory support devices, namely, left ventricular assist devices, right ventricular assist devices, and bilateral ventricular assist devices implanted by cardio and vascular surgeons, circulatory assist pumps for use as ventricular assist devices implanted by cardio and vascular surgeons; percutaneous heart pumps; medical and surgical tools, namely, coring knives, slitting tools, sewing rings, atrial cannulae, ventricular cannulae, anastomatic devices, sizers used to facilitate creation of an intra-thoracic pocket; tunnelers, hand pumping bulbs, and stabilization belts; cardiovascular health care products, namely, bags, backpacks, vests, belts, shirts, pants and suspenders specifically modified to accommodate the wear and transport of the external system components of heart assist devices, for medical use; wearable external system components of heart assist devices, comprising, namely, batteries, device display monitors, device display microprocessors, and battery chargers, for medical use

Educational services, namely, providing on-line training in the form of classes, seminars and workshops in the field of VAD equipment, implantation and patient management

Providing an Internet website portal for use by patients, caregivers and healthcare professionals in the field of cardiac medicine, namely, VAD implementation