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6837247 Method of using ventricular restoration patch  
A ventricular patch to restore the ventricular architecture of the heart includes a sheet of biocompatible material having a generally oval configuration, and a continuous ring fixed to the sheet....
6832982 Method of treating a living organism to achieve a heart load reduction, and apparatus for carrying out the method  
An apparatus and method for treating a mammal or other living organism having a heart and a peripheral vascular system to achieve a heart load reduction, said organism having a pulse rate and a...
6827682 Implantable device for utilization of the hydraulic energy of the heart  
A device, potentially implantable in a living organism, intended to utilize at least a part of the hydraulic energy generated by the heart ( 10 )—the primary unit—at the natural phases of work...
6817971 Cardiopulmonary life support system  
A cardiopulmonary life support system is disclosed. The life support system comprises a housing defined by a top side, a bottom side, and an inner periphery. First and second tubes are adjacent to...
6808488 External stress reduction device and method  
An external heart wall stress reduction apparatus is provided to create a heart wall shape change. The device is generally disposed to the exterior of a heart chamber to reshape the chamber into a...
6808483 Implantable heart assist devices and methods  
Heart support and assist devices for supporting and assisting the pumping action of the heart. Various embodiments include mesh support devices, devices using straps, spiral-shaped devices,...
6808482 Blood pump device and method of producing  
A blood pump device comprises a blood pump having blood transport ports, cannulae connected to the ports, and a coating material covering the junction between the inner surfaces of the ports and...
6802806 Apparatus for use with an inflow cannula of ventricular assist device  
An apparatus ( 10 ) for use with an inflow cannula ( 12 ) of a ventricular assist device (VAD) ( 14 ). The cannula ( 12 ) has a first part ( 30 ) for connecting with a ventricle ( 22 ) of a heart (...
6797001 Device, assembly and method for mitral valve repair  
A mitral valve therapy device effects the condition of a mitral valve annulus of a heart. The device includes an elongated member dimensioned to be placed in the coronary sinus of the heart...
6793618 Heart wall tension reduction apparatus  
An apparatus for treatment of a failing heart by reducing the wall tension therein. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a tension member for drawing at least two walls of a heart chamber...
6776754 Method for closing off lower portion of heart ventricle  
A cardiac insert or implant is deployed in a patient's heart so as to reduce ventricular volume, thereby improving cardiac function. The insert or implant may be a compressive device such as a...
6770024 Implantable counterpulsation cardiac assist device  
A hollow tubular element is inserted in the descending aorta. The caudad end contains a pressure sensitive passive or preferably, hydraulically or electrically activated, unidirectional valve. A...
6755779 Apparatus and method for delivery of cardiac constraint jacket  
A cardiac constraint jacket is formed of flexible material defining a volume between an open upper end and a lower end. The jacket is dimensioned for an apex of a patient's heart to be inserted...
6755777 Heart wall tension reduction apparatus and method  
An apparatus for treatment of a failing heart by reducing the wall tension therein. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a tension member for drawing at least two walls of a heart chamber...
6749556 Electroactive polymer based artificial sphincters and artificial muscle patches  
Provided are artificial muscle patches, which are adapted to be implanted adjacent a patient's heart, and artificial sphincter cuffs, which are adapted to be implanted around a body lumen, such as...
6732501 Ventricular connector  
A ventricular apex connector for quick connection and disconnection of an inflow tube of a ventricular assist device, comprising a sewing ring, a cylindrical ring, gripping pins, a spring ring and...
6723039 Methods, systems and devices relating to implantable fluid pumps  
An implantable pump system including an external driver. The implantable pump is driven by the external driver during normal operation but may also operate on a battery. The external driver is used...
6723038 Methods and devices for improving mitral valve function  
Devices and related methods for treating heart conditions, including, for example, dilatation, valve incompetencies, including mitral valve leakage, and other heart failure conditions, may operate...
6719791 Device for the axial transport of fluid media  
The invention provides a device for the axial delivery of fluidal mediums, which outer diameter is not or only insignificantly larger than the diameter of the fluid carrying pipe, which reduces to...
6716157 Magnetic suspension blood pump  
An implantable magnetic suspension blood pump having a rotor magnetically suspended and having blood flow gaps at the axial ends of the rotor so that blood in the gaps is washed out by flow in a...
6711436 Compositions, apparatus and methods for facilitating surgical procedures  
Methods are provided for conducting diagnostic or therapeutic medical or surgical procedures in a patient wherein, during the procedure, autonomous ventricular electrical conductivity and escape...
6709383 Device for driving blood pumps  
A blood pump driving device which is capable of making a blood pump 10 free from an unbalance between loads when sucking and discharging, respectively and which makes it possible to eliminate a...
6709382 Cardiac assist method and apparatus  
An apparatus and method for augmenting cardio function. Dimensional characteristics of the heart are modified cyclically by engaging a member between at least two points on the myocardium of the...
6695761 Apparatus for assisting a heart  
An implantable apparatus for treating a heart of a living organism which contains a device for withdrawing blood from the heart, for imparting helical flow to the blood, for recording at least one...
6689048 Delivery of cardiac constraint jacket  
A cardiac constraint jacket is formed of flexible material defining a volume between an open upper end and a lower end. The jacket is dimensioned for an apex of a patient's heart to be inserted...
6688861 Sealless rotary blood pump  
An implantable rotary sealless blood pump is provided. The pump includes a housing having an inlet tube on one end and an impeller casing on the other end. A rotor is mounted for rotation within...
6685621 Implantable heart assist system and method of applying same  
A method for further reducing the load on a heart suffering (ventricular size maintenance) from congestive heart failure comprising the application of a subcardiac pump having inflow and outflow...
6685620 Ventricular infarct assist device and methods for using it  
This relates to surgical devices and methods of using them. In particular, the devices are used to support and to reform myocardial tissue in the region of and across an infarct. The devices...
6681773 Kit and method for use during ventricular restoration  
Apparatuses and methods are provided to reconstruct an enlarged left ventricle of a human heart, using a shaper, having a size and shape substantially equal to the size and shape of an appropriate...
6666861 Atrial appendage remodeling device and method  
The invention describes a method of treating a patient's left atrial appendage through the pericardial space. The process takes place through the pericardial space from an access point outside the...
6652447 Method of controlling an implantable pump system  
A controller module for an implantable pump system which has a pump motor includes a processor, a motor controller electrically coupled to the processor and adapted to power the pump motor such...
6645163 Chest compression apparatus for cardiac arrest  
The invention is an apparatus for increasing intrathoracic pressure for resuscitating cardiac arrest patients. The apparatus comprises a flexible, substantially inelastic belt wrapped around the...
6641612 Ambulatory blood pump  
A blood pump intended to be carried by a freely moving patient uses perpendicular magnetic and electrical fields to propel blood. A rod mounted coaxially inside a tube has electrodes in blood...
6632169 Optimized pulsatile-flow ventricular-assist device and total artificial heart  
A method of optimizing a mechanical cardiac pumping device includes modeling the circulatory system of the patient who will receive the mechanical cardiac pumping device and identifying an...
6629921 Heart wall tension reduction apparatus and method  
An apparatus for treatment of a failing heart by reducing the wall tension therein. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a tension member for drawing at least two walls of a heart chamber...
6626821 Flow-balanced cardiac wrap  
A flow-balanced cardiac wrap that assists the right and left ventricles of an affected heart to differing, and adjustable degrees is provided. The wrap generally applies an assist to the left...
6622730 Device for marking and aligning positions on the heart  
According to the present invention, an alignment device for marking and aligning selected positions on a heart's surface is provided. The device includes a handle assembly having upper and lower...
6620121 Pulse wave generator for cardiopulmonary bypass and extracorporeal oxygenation apparatus  
The present invention is a cardiopulmonary bypass and extracorporeal oxygenation apparatus that provides a pulsatile blood flow output. The apparatus comprises: a primary pump, which primary pump...
6620095 Cradle-assisted myocardial repair and treatment  
A cradle apparatus for myocardial repair and treatment includes a cradle having a base end and an open end. A lumen extends to a location which is at or near the cradle's base end. A plurality of...
6616598 Docking station for a transportable device  
A mounting device for securing transport patient connected equipment, specifically an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP), in the typically crowded medical transport vehicle. An engagement stud on the...
6616596 Cardiac assistance systems having multiple layers of inflatable elements  
A unified, non-blood contacting, implantable heart assist system surrounds the natural heart and provides circumferential contraction in synchrony with the heart's natural contractions. The pumping...
6610004 Implantable heart assist system and method of applying same  
An extracardiac pumping for supplementing the circulation of blood, including the cardiac output, in a patient without any component thereof being connected to the patient's heart, and methods of...
6605032 Implantable pump system  
A controller module for an implantable pump system which has a pump motor includes a processor, a motor controller electrically coupled to the processor and adapted to power the pump motor such...
6604529 External electromagnetic system for assisting systolic and diastolic ventricular function, and method therefor  
A method of aiding the compression and relaxation of a heart chamber using ferromagnetic and diamagnetic pellets inserted into the anterior and posterior walls of the chamber is provided. The...
6602182 Cardiac assistance systems having multiple fluid plenums  
A unified, non-blood contacting, implantable heart assist system surrounds the natural heart and provides circumferential contraction in synchrony with the heart's natural contractions. The pumping...
6592620 Power system for an implantable heart pump  
A power system for an implantable heart pump is provided. The system includes two batteries, a microprocessor controller, two motor drivers, a multiplexer, two stators and a TET coil. During normal...
6592619 Heart wall actuation device for the natural heart  
An actuation system for assisting the operation of the natural heart comprises a framework for interfacing with a natural heart, through the wall of the heart, which includes an internal framework...
6589160 Heart wall tension reduction apparatus  
An apparatus for treatment of a failing heart by reducing the wall tension therein. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a tension member for drawing at least two walls of a heart chamber...
6589031 Turbo blood pump  
A turbo blood pump includes a housing 1 having a pump chamber 2, an inlet port 3, and an outlet port 4, an impeller 5 disposed rotatably in the pump chamber, an upper bearing 9 and a...
6587734 Cardio therapeutic heart sack  
This invention relates to implantable heart sack that can be equipped with pacemaker leads and/or defibrillation leads for the treatment of cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, tachycardia,...
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