Surgery – Cardiac augmentation
Patent
1991-05-06
1993-12-07
Green, Randall L.
Surgery
Cardiac augmentation
600 17, 623 3, 604 8, 604 9, A61F 200, A61N 1362
Patent
active
052679403
ABSTRACT:
An implanted cardiovascular assist pump is connected with the proximal descending thoracic aorta. The pump inlet is connected with the aorta at substantially the site of the first pressure/flow node from the heart. The pump outlet is connected at substantially the site of the last pressure/flow antinode before the heart. Control of pump speed varies blood flow through the pump. As a fail-safe mechanism, a pump shunt flow path is provided, through one of a variety of disclosed structures.
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Green Randall L.
Jones Mary Beth
The Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund
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