Surgery – Cardiac augmentation – Aortic balloon pumping
Patent
1985-12-16
1988-09-20
Kamm, William E.
Surgery
Cardiac augmentation
Aortic balloon pumping
604 19, 604101, 604270, A61B 1900
Patent
active
047717653
ABSTRACT:
Improved heart assist devces are disclosed. An improved heart assist device includes a catheter having a first lumen and a second lumen. An inflatable intraventricular balloon is located at the distal end of the catheter. The interior of the intraventricular balloon communicates with the first lumen of the catheter. An inflatable intraaortic balloon is located between the proximal and distal ends of the catheter. The interior of the intraaortic balloon communicates with the second lumen of the catheter. The heart assist device also includes a pumping mechanism that inflates and deflates both the intraventricular balloon and the intraaortic balloon. The improved heart assist device is inserted into the heart so that the intraventricular balloon is positioned in the left ventricle and so that the intraaortic balloon is positioned in the aorta. The intraventricular balloon is inflated during left ventricular systole, and the intraaortic balloon is deflated during left ventricular systole. The intraventricular balloon is deflated at the end of left ventricular systole or at the onset of left ventricular diastole, and the intraaortic balloon is inflated during left ventricular diastole. The inflation and deflation steps are repeated.
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Case Robert B.
Choy Daniel S. J.
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