Title:
IMPLANTABLE HEART ASSIST SYSTEM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/025411
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A heart assist system having an implantable pump conveying blood between two vascular locations and an extracorporeal system providing power and control signals to the pump. The system also includes a communication link having an implantable portion coupled to the implantable pump, an extracorporeal portion coupled to the extracorporeal system and an isolation portion between the implantable portion and the extracorporeal portion that minimizes the transmission of movement and forces from the extracorporeal portion to the implantable portion.
Inventors:
SCOTT MICHAEL (US)
BARE REX O (US)
MILLER ROBERT (US)
SMITH JEFFREY (US)
MOULDS ANDREW (US)
BARE REX O (US)
MILLER ROBERT (US)
SMITH JEFFREY (US)
MOULDS ANDREW (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2009/055431
Publication Date:
March 24, 2016
Filing Date:
August 28, 2009
Export Citation:
Assignee:
THORATEC CORP (US)
SCOTT MICHAEL (US)
BARE REX O (US)
MILLER ROBERT (US)
SMITH JEFFREY (US)
MOULDS ANDREW (US)
SCOTT MICHAEL (US)
BARE REX O (US)
MILLER ROBERT (US)
SMITH JEFFREY (US)
MOULDS ANDREW (US)
International Classes:
A61M1/12
Foreign References:
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| US5853394A | 1998-12-29 | |||
| US20040153104A1 | 2004-08-05 | |||
| US6004269A | 1999-12-21 | |||
| US20060226423A1 | 2006-10-12 | |||
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| US20050069426A1 | 2005-03-31 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
INSKEEP, James, W. (Inc.2281 West 190th Street, Suite 20, Torrance CA, US)
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