Prosthesis (i.e. – artificial body members) – parts thereof – or ai – Corporeal artificial heart – heart assist – control...
Patent
1995-06-13
1998-02-03
Willse, David H.
Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or ai
Corporeal artificial heart, heart assist , control...
600 17, 601153, A61M 112
Patent
active
057139547
ABSTRACT:
An artificial implantable heart assist system with an artificial myocardium employs a number of flexible, non-distensible tubes with the walls along their long axes connected in series to form a cuff. The tubes are sealed for purposes of inflation and deflation with either hydraulic fluid or pneumatic fluid. The cuff is placed around the natural heart. The inflation of the tubular segments provides that they have a circular cross-section, while in the deflated, or collapsed position without being fluid filled, they are essentially flat sheets. The difference in the perimeter length of the cuff in the plane of the tube short axis, arising from the fact that, inflated, each tube has a length along its perimeter equal to the diameter of the inflated tube, while deflated it has a length equal to the perimeter of the tube divided by two, provides for a contractile force. An energy converter is provided in the system for shuttling fluid between a compliant reservoir and the cuff in phase with the systolic and diastolic phase of the natural heart. This system is powered by an internal implanted battery, which can be recharged transcutaneously from an external power source.
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Kung Robert T. V.
Rosenberg Meir
Abiomed R&D, Inc.
Willse David H.
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