Ventricular assist device

Details Ventricular assist device Ventricular assist device

1985-07-01

1987-09-01

Burr, Edgar S.

Surgery

Truss

Perineal

128 44, A61H 900, A61H 3100

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046901345

ABSTRACT:
A ventricular assist device to be inserted through the pericardial sac for receiving a human heart in aligned position relative to the anterior interventricular line of the anterior descending coronary artery between the right and left ventricular surfaces, the device has a shell of a flexible and substantially inelastic form forming the visible surface of the device, an inner elastic membrane presenting to the ventricular heart surfaces a flexible surface for actuating the ventricular surfaces in a normal cardiac cycle, an opening in the shell to permit placement of the device around the heart with the inner elastic membrane presented to the ventricular surfaces, and provision for securing the shell to the pericardial sac in a desired position.

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J.A.M.A., vol. 187, #6, Feb. 8, 1964, pp. 29-33, "Medical News".
Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, 4th Edition, Editor William Glenn, 1983, pp. 1168, 1170, 1172, 1179, 1181, 1183, 1184.

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