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US20090318748 Pump for Blood Perfusion  
In blood perfusion during cardiac surgery or ventricular assistance, for treating cardiac insufficiency, use is currently made of a centrifugal pump that generates a linear flow in the circulatory...
US20090312835 DIELECTRIC FLUID FILLED ACTIVE IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES  
Active implantable medical devices (AIMDs) are backfilled with a dielectric fluid to increase the volts per mil dielectric breakdown strength between internal circuit elements. In a method for...
US20090292160 Electromagnetic Cardiac Assist Device and Method  
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for assisting with contraction of the heart muscle. For example, in one embodiment of the invention, one or more flexible strips are...
US20090287037 REMEDIATION OF FUNCTIONAL CARDIAC MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION  
A dynamic device for reducing functional mitral regurgitation is described. The device is disposed externally to the heart and effectively acts as a splint for reducing further dilation of the...
US20090264697 FLUID PUMPING DEVICE AND COMPONENTS WITH STATIC SEAL  
A static seal structure for a pump housing includes a support structure, a first sealing element, and a second sealing element. The support structure circumscribes a pump chamber and includes a...
US20090259089 Expandable catheter for delivery of fluids  
A multi lumen catheter is made from a number of thin walled flexible tubes bonded together to form an inner lumen. The inner lumen can withstand vacuum when the outside tubes are pressurized....
US20090247809 External counter pulsation treatment  
A method for treating patients suffering from left ventricular dysfunction is disclosed. The method involves applying, during diastole, for a time period of about one hour, at least five days each...
US20090240097 IMPLANTABLE TWO-CHAMBER SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING THE LEFT VENTRICLE OF THE HEART  
Disclosed is an implantable two-chamber system for supporting the left ventricle of the heart. Each of the two pumping chambers ( 1, 1 ′) of the two-chamber system has the shape of a ventricular...
US20090203956 NEONATE OR INFANT PULSATING WEAR  
A neonate or infant pulsating wear to obtain the pulse is disclosed, which comprise a multilayer structure. The structure comprises an elastic inner layer contacted with the body of the infant, an...
US20090187063 INFLATABLE VENTRICULAR PARTITIONING DEVICE  
This invention is directed to a device and method of using the device for partitioning a patient's heart chamber into a productive portion and a non-productive portion. The device is particularly...
US20090182188 DEVICES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ESTABLISHING SUPPLEMENTAL BLOOD FLOW IN THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM  
Devices, systems and methods for establishing a blood flow conduit between a chamber in a heart of a patient and a remote location. A blood inflow cannula having an outer surface and proximal and...
US20090171136 VAD connector plug  
A plug which may be positioned in place of a Ventricular Assist Device (“VAD”) within a VAD connector mounted to the heart. The VAD connector may have at least one VAD-engaging feature and may...
US20090171137 INTRAVASCULAR BLOOD PUMP AND CATHETER  
An intravascular system for pumping blood from a chamber of a heart and through an associated blood vessel coupled in fluid communication therewith. The system includes a pump device configured to...
US20090156885 ARTIFICIAL HEART SYSTEM  
A blood pump system includes two blood pumps, which may be implanted into a patient. The blood pumps may comprise VAD pumps. Control devices and methods operate the pumps such that they can...
US20090149950 HEART ASSIST DEVICE  
A heart assist device comprising a rotary pump housing having a cylindrical bore, a pumping chamber and a motor stator including an electrically conductive coil located within the housing and...
US20090118567 PURGE-FREE MINIATURE ROTARY PUMP  
Methods and systems are provided for the circulation of blood using a purge-free miniature pump. In one embodiment, a pump is provided that may comprise a housing including a rotor and a stator...
US20090112050 TRANSSEPTAL CANNULA, TIP, DELIVERY SYSTEM, AND METHOD  
A transseptal cannula assembly for directing blood from the heart of a patient and a minimally invasive method of implanting the same. The transseptal cannula assembly includes a flexible cannula...
US20090112312 Intravascular ventricular assist device  
One aspect of an intravascular ventricular assist device is an implantable blood pump where the pump includes a housing defining a bore having an axis, one or more rotors disposed within the bore,...
US20090112049 HEART PUMP APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR BEATING HEART SURGERY  
Apparatus for assisting a surgeon in procedures involving the heart and methods of employing such apparatus are provided. The apparatus can include a pump, and a first fluid conduit having a distal...
US20090093796 CATHETER DEVICE  
The catheter device comprises a drive shaft connected to a motor, and a rotor mounted on the drive shaft at the distal end section. The rotor has a frame structure which is formed by a screw-like...
US20090093670 Treating Dysfunctional Cardiac Tissue  
Medical devices, systems, and methods reduce the distance between two points in tissue, often for treatment of congestive heart failure and often in a minimally invasive manner. An anchor is...
US20090088597 INTRAATRIAL VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE  
A medical device comprises a pump adapted to fit within an atrium of a heart, said pump comprising an inlet and an outlet. The device further comprises a flexible outflow conduit coupled to said...
US20090088596 Cardiac Assist System with Cell Transplantation Aspects  
A ventricular assist system includes a controller supplying a DC voltage or an AC voltage, and electromagnets adapted to be adhered to an infarct portion of a heart at the time of embedding a pump....
US20090069854 Implantable electric device  
An implantable electric device comprising: a deployable round structure initially in a cramped state and adapted to be expanded into a deployed state, with at least one of a plurality of coils...
US20090062596 Heart band with fillable chambers to modify heart valve function  
The present invention relates to an external heart device, having a layered band dimensioned to be received around a patient's heart, which also includes at least one fillable chamber between the...
US20090062597 Article Comprising an Impeller  
An impeller for use in conjunction with a percutaneously-insertable blood pump or other rotatable equipment includes a blade that is segmented into a plurality of overlapping or abutting bladelets....
US20090054723 RETRIEVABLE DEVICES FOR IMPROVING CARDIAC FUNCTION  
Removable cardiac implants, applicators for inserting, repositioning and/or removing them, and methods of using them are described. In particular, removable or repositionable ventricular...
US20090024212 A METHOD FOR PERFORMING INTRAVASCULAR CARDIAC SURGERY  
For the treatment of an insufficient cardiac valve or a cardiac valve with a stenosis, a device is provided that comprises a micro axial pump ( 40 ). The pump portion ( 14 ) of the micro axial pump...
US20090023975 CANNULA FOR HEART CHAMBER IMPLANTATION AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS  
A cannula for implantation into a chamber of a heart includes an elongate body having a lumen extending along a longitudinal axis, a first end, and a second end. The first and second ends define...
US20090012498 Gene therapy for treatment of heart failure  
The present invention provides a medicament comprising a gene encoding an angiogenic cytokine for the treatment of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), idiopathic cardiomyopathy (ICM), dilated...
US20090005632 Method and System for Physiologic Control of a Blood Pump  
A physiologic control system and method for controlling a blood pump system such as a VAD system. The pump system includes, for example, a blood pump and a controller for controlling the pump. The...
US20080319248 Hydraulically Actuated External Pulsation Treatment Apparatus  
There is provided a non-invasive pulsation and counterpulsation medical treatment apparatus for treating reduced cardiac output in heart patients. A flexible cuff is passed over the patient's lower...
US20080306329 Ventricular Assist Device  
A manifold for accessing blood from a human blood vessel is disclosed which comprises a first and a second pathway intersecting with each other at an angle, the first pathway being configured to be...
US20080306328 DUCT FOR VENTRICULAR-ASSISTANCE DEVICE  
A duct for carrying blood for ventricular-assistance devices (VADs) has a tubular body and an end having associated thereto a valve for enabling the flow of blood unidirectionally in the duct. The...
US20080306327 Apparatus Comprising a Drive Cable for a Medical Device  
An article comprising a drive cable suitable for high-speed operation in an anatomy having small-radii bends is disclosed. The drive cables disclosed herein include one or more physical adaptations...
US20080300447 Dual-Pulsation Bi-Ventricular Assist Device  
A ventricular assist device is disclosed which comprises a sac for wrapping around a portion of a heart, the sac having one or more inflatable chambers for compressing the heart when the chambers...
US20080293996 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VOLUME REDUCTION  
Systems and methods are provided for reducing the effective volume of a cardiac ventricle. A ventricular volume reduction system may include a containment system or container body deliverable...
US20080294252 CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS DEVICES AND METHODS  
A cardiopulmonary bypass device may include a first tube configured for connection to a vein and a second tube configured for connection to an artery. The device may further include a pump...
US20080281412 RIGID BODY AORTIC BLOOD PUMP IMPLANT  
An implantable aortic blood pump includes a rigid body having wall extending along a long axis and defining an inflation port portion with an inflation aperture therethrough. The aperture is fluid...
US20080269543 Functional Device with a Detachable Component  
A device for enhancing blood circulation that includes a main element, a detachable element with an identification mark, and attachment means for grasping the detachable element by the main...
US20080262289 Blood Pump Having A Passive Non-Contacting Bearing Suspension  
There is provided a non-contact, passively suspended blood pump that includes (a) a housing; (b) a pump rotor within the housing, wherein the pump rotor has a first end and a second end, and an...
US20080262288 Physiologic pulsatile pump  
A pulsatile blood circulating pump system that is adapted for use in cardiopulmonary bypass, ventricular assist (LVAD, RVAD, BiVAD), ECMO, organ preservation, fetal cardiac bypass, cancer...
US20080234536 Implantable peristaltic pump to treat erectile dysfunction  
A method is provided for controlling blood flow through a blood vessel of a subject. The method includes implanting a pump outside of the blood vessel and placing within the blood vessel an...
US20080207986 Heart assist device  
A heart assist device and method of making the same includes a catheter and a balloon attached to the catheter. The heart assist device is used with a system for inflating and deflating the balloon...
US20080200750 Polymer encapsulation for medical device  
A rotary blood pump comprising an impeller suspended hydrodynamically within pump housing by thrust forces generated by said impeller during movement in use of said impeller as it rotates about an...
US20080177130 Cardiac Ventricular Geometry Restoration Device and Treatment for Heart Failure  
Methods for cardiac ventricular restoration include delivering an implantable expandable device into the ventricle via a catheter. The expandable device is anchored either to the wall of the left...
US20080167691 Mechanical Defibrillator  
A mechanical defibrillator comprising an impact member configured to deliver a mechanical impact of a preset force to the chest of a subject in need of a defibrillation shock.
US20080161638 Sergical procedures and devices for increasing cardiac output of the heart  
Methods and devices for passively assisting the cardiac function of the heart are disclosed. A method of increasing the cardiac output of a heart includes providing a site of surgical access to the...
US20080161637 Blood Pump Actuator And A Blood Pump System Thereof  
A blood pump actuator to generate a driving force for driving a blood pump is disclosed. The blood pump actuator includes: a motor unit having a stator and a rotor, and rotating to generate a...
US20080132748 Method for Deployment of a Medical Device  
A method for deploying a cardiac-assist device is disclosed. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment, an introducing tube, such as a catheter, sheath, or the like is inserted into the...
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