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8177703 Blood pump  
A blood pump (26) includes a stator assembly including a fluid inlet (24) and a fluid outlet (26). A rotor assembly (120) includes an impeller (40) rotatable about an axis (44) to move fluid from...
8162813 Method and device for the intermittent occlusion of a vein draining the organ system  
In a method for the intermittent occlusion of a vein draining the organ system, in which the vein is occluded by an occlusion device, the fluid pressure in the occluded vein is continuously...
8157720 Heart assist system  
A supplemental blood flow system for assisting with blood circulation in a patient. The system includes a supplemental blood flow device implantable in the patient and a controller for directing...
8157721 Artificial heart pump system and its control apparatus  
An artificial heart pump system is provided independently with a controlling processor for controlling an operation status of a blood pump so as to perform in a preset condition and with an...
8142343 Suprapatellar external counterpulsation apparatus  
An external counterpulsation apparatus has an efficient cuff and bladder system. Embodiments of this system generally allow effective treatment at lower pressures and a reduced total body surface...
8133168 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...
8123668 Signal transmitting and lesion excluding heart implants for pacing defibrillating and/or sensing of heart beat  
Devices, systems, and methods for treating a heart of a patient may make use of structures which limit a size of a chamber of the heart, such as by deploying a tensile member to bring a wall of the...
8123669 Method for controlling a blood pump  
A blood pump is temporarily operated at a low rotational speed lying below a design rotational speed. This involves a risk of thrombogenesis since flow detachments may occur at blades of an...
8075472 Permanent ventricular assist device for treating heart failure  
The invention is a kit for a permanent ventricular assist device that can be permanently implanted into the circulatory system of a patient. The kit comprises one or more passive cores (Pcore), a...
8070668 Controlled inflation of a pneumatic L-VAD  
A drive unit to control the peak pressure of air for the inflation of a left ventricular assist system is disclosed. The control of the peak pressure can address the problem of the “kick” exp...
8066628 Intra-aortic balloon pump and driver  
Devices and methods are disclosed for implanting, positioning, removing, replacing and operating intra-aortic balloon pumps.
RE42958 Devices and methods for non-invasively improving blood circulation  
Circulatory assistance is provided in a non-invasive procedure safely and effectively using a microprocessor of an external counter pulsation device programmed to control the actuation of any or...
8041410 Medical device sensing and detection during MRI  
A medical device includes a sensor for sensing for an MRI gradient magnetic field and a microprocessor for responding to the detected gradient magnetic field by switching from a first electrical...
8007428 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...
7998054 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...
7993260 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...
7993259 Percutaneous intra-aortic ventricular assist device  
A percutaneous intra-aortic ventricular assist device is adapted for implantation in an aorta that has a luminal wall, and includes a tubular stent body, an inner tubular body, a vane member, a...
7988728 Physiological demand responsive control system  
A demand responsive physiological control system for use with a rotary blood pump; said system including a pump controller which is capable of controlling pump speed of said pump; said system...
7988614 Organ assist system and method  
An organ assist system having a closed fluid system having a ring-shaped prosthetic contactively surrounding at least a portion of a body part, including bladders adapted for selectable dilation...
7963905 Control system for a blood pump  
A method of controlling the speed of a blood pump, wherein the method includes the steps of deriving an estimated pulsatility index from speed, then deriving an estimated blood pressure from...
7951062 Blood pump system and method of operation  
A blood pump system includes a blood pump having a motor with a rotor and a stator. The stator has a plurality of stator windings situated therein. A motor controller is coupled to the motor, and a...
7905823 Devices, methods and systems for establishing supplemental blood flow in the circulatory system  
A blood circulation assist system comprising an inflow cannula having a lumen and an insertion device configured to be received therein and to facilitate insertion of a portion of the inflow...
7887478 Percutaneous gas-line  
A percutaneous gas-line (10) for a medical device (14). The gas-line including a first gas-line part (10a) and a second gas-line part (10b). The first gas-line part (10a) is adapted to be wholly...
7887479 Sensorless flow estimation for implanted ventricle assist device  
A method of estimating the blood flow rate of a heart ventricle assist device which is positioned externally of, or implanted in, a patient. The assist device comprises a blood pump having a...
7861582 Flow rate estimation method of blood pump  
In a flow rate estimation method of a blood pump, a general flow rate estimation formula which includes a correction term is formed based on a plurality of blood pumps. Measured data obtained from...
7850729 Deforming jacket for a heart actuation device  
The invention consists of a cushioned active cyclically deforming cushion or jacket (39) that surrounds the outer or epicardial surface of at least one chamber (2, 3, 4, 5) of the natural heart,...
7842003 Pulsatile fluid delivery system  
A system for delivering blood, cardioplegia solution, and other medications or fluids in a pulsatile flow pattern to a patient during cardiopulmonary bypass is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment,...
7828711 Method and apparatus for modulating cellular growth and regeneration using ventricular assist device  
A system delivers combined ventricular assist device (VAD) therapy and chemical and/or biological therapy to modulate myocardial tissue growth in a heart after myocardial infarction (MI). The...
7819916 Blood pump system for artificial heart and apparatus supervisory system  
A blood pump system for an artificial heart including: a control unit for controlling a blood pump, the control unit including a first alarm generating part for generating a first alarm signal...
7794384 Dual communication interface for artificial heart system  
An artificial heart pump system has a heart pump implanted in a patient. A pump control unit worn by a patient includes a programmable device for adapting a secure aspect of heart pump operation in...
7780604 Method and device for the intermittent occlusion of the coronary sinus  
In a method for intermittently occluding the coronary sinus, in which the coronary sinus is occluded using an occlusion device, the fluid pressure in the occluded coronary sinus is continuously...
7766814 Vessel or sac wall treatment and a cardiac assist device  
The present invention provides a device and method of treating a vessel in a human or animal body.
7766853 Peripheral access devices and systems  
A cannulation system (10) for perfusing a patient's circulatory system, includes an inflow cannula (14) having a first end adapted to be connected to said circulatory system and a second end...
7762976 Automatic air removal system  
An apparatus for extracorporeal oxygenation of a patient's blood during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery. The apparatus comprises a bubble sensor, arranged at or connected to a venous line, for...
7758492 Pulsatile blood pumping systems  
A blood pumping system to support living organisms based on a spherical multi vane and multi chamber pump with an oscillating motion that delivers pulsatile flow. The blood pumping system includes...
7736296 Intracardiac blood pump  
Disclosed is an intracardiac blood pump with a flexible screen between which discharge ports are located. The pump parts are connected to the flexible screen which catches the axially discharged...
7695425 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...
7693568 Medical device sensing and detection during MRI  
A medical device includes a sensor for sensing for an MRI gradient magnetic field and a microprocessor for responding to the detected gradient magnetic field by switching from a first electrical...
7666131 Peri-arterial blood flow booster  
A peri-arterial blood flow booster apparatus for improving blood pressure and flow, to be implanted around a blood vessel of a patient. The booster comprises a pressure applying device (56)...
7662086 Detection and/or monitoring of diastolic heart failure  
In an implantable medical device for detecting and/or monitoring the progression of diastolic heart failure (DHF), and a corresponding method, a parameter is measured that is indicative of left...
7645225 Chronic performance control system for rotodynamic blood pumps  
In a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) a rotodynamic blood pump (10) is powered by a brushless DC motor (12). A power supply (14) supplies power to the motor (12). Three feedback channels, one...
7614998 Fully-implantable cardiac recovery system  
Apparatus (20) is provided including an inflatable bladder (40), adapted to be coupled to a blood vessel (22) of a subject (18) carrying oxygenated blood, such that an interior of the bladder (40)...
7601117 Systems and methods for assisting cardiac valve coaptation  
Systems and methods for reducing distention in designated portions of a heart muscle while assisting cardiac valve alignment and coaptation. Anchoring devices are secured to the heart muscle and a...
7597659 Suprapatellar external counterpulsation apparatus  
An external counterpulsation apparatus has an efficient cuff and bladder system. Embodiments of this system generally allow effective treatment at lower pressures and a reduced total body surface...
7591777 Sensorless flow estimation for implanted ventricle assist device  
A method of estimating the blood flow rate of a heart ventricle assist device which is positioned externally of, or implanted in, a patient. The assist device comprises a blood pump having a...
7588530 Devices, systems and methods for assisting blood flow  
A pump includes a flexible conduit, at least one valve attached to the flexible conduit about the perimeter of the valve; and a drive mechanism to move the valve to pump blood within the conduit....
7563225 Artificial heart pump system and its control apparatus  
An artificial heart pump system wherein the load of a processor in a controller used for a blood pump system is reduced and the performance of the hardware is maintained or guarantied, and the...
7520850 Feedback control and ventricular assist devices  
Various devices, systems and methods for providing effective, long term and reliable use of pressure feedback in VADs. Exemplary embodiments are described which provide for direct LV pressure...
7513864 Synchronization system between aortic valve and cardiac assist device  
A cardiac assist device synchronization system includes a cardiac assist device and an acoustic or accelerometer sensor that provides a signal input to the cardiac assist device indicative of...
7497116 Flow rate estimation method of blood pump  
In a flow rate estimation method of a blood pump, a general flow rate estimation formula which includes a correction term is formed based on a plurality of blood pumps. Measured data obtained from...
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