Surgery – Cardiac augmentation – Aortic balloon pumping
Patent
1987-05-29
1989-09-12
Cohen, Lee S.
Surgery
Cardiac augmentation
Aortic balloon pumping
600 17, 604 67, A61M 100
Patent
active
048655813
ABSTRACT:
Retroperfusion control apparatus for supplying arterial blood of a patient to the venous side of the patient's heart including a pump having an inlet and an outlet and a piston movable through a pump stroke for moving a liquid from the inlet to the outlet of the pump. A stepper motor is provided which drives the piston. Electronic circuitry is provided for driving the stepper motor and senses the presence of an R wave in a patient to operate the stepper motor in response to the sensed R wave.
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Kardos Thomas J.
Lundquist Ingemar H.
Tarczy-Hornoch Zoltan
Cohen Lee S.
Retroperfusion Systems, Inc.
Schaetzle K.
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